[AT] OT: Lucky break and a very lucky break.

[charlie hill]

LOL, yep and I need all the luck I can get!

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Dean VP
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 8:46 PM
To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group'
Subject: Re: [AT] OT: Lucky break and a very lucky break.

Charlie,

Better lucky than good sometimes. You done good.

Dean VP
Snohomish, WA

They say necessity is the mother of invention.
Don't know who the father is, probably remorse.
Red Green


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charlie hill
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 5:08 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: [AT] OT: Lucky break and a very lucky break.



My air conditioning went out today.  I could tell by the way it was trying
to start
and failing that it was something to do with the start capacitor.  Well I
just replaced
that a few months ago so I was figuring I got a bad one.  I disconnected the
power,
pulled the cover off and thought myself lucky to find that one of the wire
connectors
that fastened a wire to the capacitor had corroded and burned into.  No
problem, I can
fix that.  I grounded out the capacitor for safety reasons,  pulled the old
connector off
the lug, put a new connector on the cleaned up wire and stuck it back on the
capacitor.
What's this ..... a big spark.  Turns out I had not grounded out the
capacitor.  I attempted
to but apparently my screw driver didn't find a good ground when I did it.
That's what I mean by a very lucky break.  I could have been badly shocked
and maybe even
injured.  Just by fate I didn't hit the lug on the capacitor with my hand in
the process.
Well, not exactly luck because I'm always careful around electricity but I
could have accidentally
hit it.

Just a reminder to myself and everyone else to be careful and check twice.
Yes the AC fired off and runs fine now.  Cost me about a dime.
Wonder what that would have cost me if I'd called the service rep?

Charlie

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