[AT] OT: Firey End to My Car

[Ralph Goff]

Its a lucky thing that the car was not parked in a garage or it would have
been an even bigger loss.
That happened last winter in this area. Fire department was able to get
there in time to save most of the garage but the car was a total write off.
One of the more common causes here of vehicle fires are block heater cords
that become frayed and worn over the years and eventually short out.
Sometimes they just burn the cord off and stop. Other times it just spreads
and takes the whole vehicle.
This can happen to tractors too. I don't like to leave the big 1500 watt
heaters plugged in for too many hours as they seem to get pretty hot. The
small 800 watt heaters can be left plugged in for days on end with no
worries.

Ralph in Sask.
http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/

----- Original Message -----
From: Dudley Rupert <drupert at premier1.net>
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 12:50 PM
Subject: RE: [AT] OT: Firey End to My Car


> Rob,
>
> When you say "fiery end" you're not kidding.  That had to be a shock when
> you turned in your' driveway.  The only thing more shocking I can think of
> would be to come home and find it was your' house that had burned to the
> ground.
>
> Dudley
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com]On Behalf Of Rob Gray
> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 9:04 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT: Firey End to My Car
>
> Below are the before and after pics. The before was late August, the
> after is this morning. I take care of my vehicles so I was planning on
> running that diesel for a few 100,000 miles more.... Such is life...
>
> Before:
> http://home.epix.net/~robgray/temp/carold.jpg
>
> After:
> http://home.epix.net/~robgray/temp/carburn.jpg
>
>
>
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