[AT] Shhhh! Quiet==electrical

[Larry Goss]

What's fun  is to be laying on your back under your car while working with a trouble light -- and watching as the cord shorts out internally near the light socket and then welds together as the insulation breaks down as it leads back to the socket where it's plugged in.  =8-0  BTDT.  Won't buy electrical goods from Wal-Mart or Harbor Freight again.

Larry


----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Strobel <Richard_Strobel7 at msn.com>
Date: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 11:06
Subject: Re: [AT] Shhhh! Quiet==electrical
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>

> My pet peeves also Charlie :-((
> 
> Feel the cord on the wife's vacuum cleaner after she uses it for 
> 10 
> minutes..especially at the plug in.  No wonder it's so 
> flexible now <vbg>
> 
> 14 gauge, 100 ft. Walmart extension cords that people use to 
> plug in their 
> car engine heater at night.  And then wonder why the entire 
> cord has melted 
> down to bedrock..lol.
> 
> Peak or Peak-Peak power advertised on vacuums and such.  
> Makes the ignorant 
> feel they got a BIG'un.  It's just a play on words.
> 
> I was surprised when Gene said he has 113 VAC on one leg of his 
> house 
> wiring.  In this house wall outlets run close to 124.  
> I'd be interested in 
> what ya'll have in your neck of the woods.
> 
> Also..any update Gene?
> 
> RickinMt.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >
> > I am a firm believer in wiring to the NEC at minimum. I also 
> feed through 
> > a 200A service. What really sizzles me is the kitchen outlet 
> must be 20A 
> > fed with 2/12 w/g form a 20A breaker.  The problem is the 
> counter top 
> > appliance which will plug into this outlet, usually made in 
> some far off 
> > place.  The power cord may be inadequate to the point 
> that it gets hot 
> > during operation.  The interior wires are often #18 or 
> #22.  I once had a 
> > coffee maker or ??? which would not work right out of the 
> box.  It was 
> > made somewhere south of Texas.  I opened it up to find 
> two wires were not 
> > inserted inside a plastic wire nut far enough to connect to 
> each other.  I 
> > know the recommendation is to unplug when not in use, but how 
> many people 
> > do this on a regular basis?  After all, they are UL 
> approved.  I would 
> > guess many house fires start on top of the kitchen counter. 
> 
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