On Oct 20, 2005, at 9:15 AM, m.ford wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "R.Measures" <r@somis.org>
> To: "Tony King - W4ZT" <amps080605@w4zt.com>
> Cc: <amps@contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 8:30 AM
> Subject: Re: [Amps] AC wiring
>
>
>>
>> On Oct 19, 2005, at 1:13 PM, Tony King - W4ZT wrote:
>>
>>> Seems a lot of folks have opinions and that is a good thing. Perhaps
>>> I
>>> am just a little more anal about keeping wires cool (yes, I HAVE had
>>> a
>>> house fire). Fortunately it wasn't caused by under sized electrical
>>> service.
>>>
>> The last house fire in this neighborhood was caused by rodents eating
>> the vinyl insulation on electrical wires. This happened after the new
>> owner of the house decided to get rid of all the cats living on his
>> 2.5
>> acres.
>>
> I lost everything in a house fire in 1978. Caused by red squirrels
> chewing
> on the newly installed Romex. The arc in the wall was extinguished when
> the newly installed circuit breaker welded shut causing the pole pig
> to boil.
> Had they left the original plug fuses and panel in place the old
> farmhouse
> would still be here. The NEC can spec all the interupting capacity
> they want
> but plug fuses don't know jack about di/dt and everytime I see
> another house
> fire I gotta wonder.
Interesting account, Mike. Are red squirrels too big for domesticated
felines to munch?
>
> Mike k1ern
>
>
>
>
>
Richard L. Measures, AG6K, 805.386.3734. www.somis.org
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