[Shop-talk] Fw: Electrical fire waiting to happen

[Chad on LEG]

Can I be your screwdriver vender? Sounds like
there's money to be made.
chad
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Randall" <tr3driver at ca.rr.com>
To: <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Fw: Electrical fire waiting to happen


>> If the goal was to test the breaker, the best practice would
>> be to disconnect the load wiring at the breaker and connect
>> some wort of temporary test hookup.
>
> Uh huh.  And how many times have you (or anyone at your house) actually 
> done
> that ?
>
>> And what if the
>> breaker really was bad, and the huge current surge got the
>> screwdriver firmly welded in place?
>
> Trot down to the main disconnect; odds are high you'll get there before 
> any
> serious damage is done (assuming the short won't trip the main breaker or
> the fuse on the pole).  And if not, lots better to have a fire with 
> someone
> watching and ready to put it out, than in the middle of the night.
>
> It's kind of like the old saying about what's more dangerous than a loaded
> gun ... having a circuit breaker that doesn't work is worse than having 
> none
> at all.
>
> Randall
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