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The Random, Meaningless Announcements Thread 3!
- Thread starter Me Myself
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Uh, sure. Lived through the Great Depression, had four kids on one and then two teachers' salaries. Spent as little as they could to keep us alive until we were out of the house. Their place in south Texas was broken into a couple of years ago, along with several others in the snowbird community where they stay. The theives ended up taking very little because there wasn't anything current and electronic there, or of other value--where everyone else lost their flat-screen tvs and other electronics, my parent's was untouched because it was a 30-year-old color TV that weighed about three-quarters of a ton, and their portable radio/CD player was about 20 years old...
Wirey
Fartist
I have leftover bison stir fry if you want it.
Wu Wei
ursus senum severiorum and ex-Bisy Backson
Nope, can't be...they used the bags they save.
Draka
Wonder Woman
Okay, never fails. I got my fuses. They are the right size and rating. I put one in, reassemble my dryer, and before I put the back back on I decide to test it first. I pick up the cord, the cord dummy me never inspected, and see charring and melting around one prong of the plug. Surge definitely came from my outlet. So, now going to replace plug and outlet with one that has its own breaker in it. Then will test dryer. Because it is highly possible, with such a surge, more things happened than just a fuse blown. *sigh* 
I'm going to bed. April Fools Day is done here, but I did hang back at work and disconnect everyone's mouse from their computers before I left. So whilst I played the joke today, they won't realise until Monday.
I assume God is okay with that plan, but if he decides it's against the rules and nukes me, it's been nice knowing most of you. As for the rest of you, try to be a little less creepy in the future, okay?
I assume God is okay with that plan, but if he decides it's against the rules and nukes me, it's been nice knowing most of you. As for the rest of you, try to be a little less creepy in the future, okay?
Wirey
Fartist
Okay, never fails. I got my fuses. They are the right size and rating. I put one in, reassemble my dryer, and before I put the back back on I decide to test it first. I pick up the cord, the cord dummy me never inspected, and see charring and melting around one prong of the plug. Surge definitely came from my outlet. So, now going to replace plug and outlet with one that has its own breaker in it. Then will test dryer. Because it is highly possible, with such a surge, more things happened than just a fuse blown. *sigh*
Speaking as a subject matter expert, the real question is what caused the spike? I suggest checking to make sure the plug on the dryer isn't loose first. Loose connections cause heat, which causes resistance, which can trip breakers and blow fuses.
Draka
Wonder Woman
Plug has been replaced completely. We figure it was the door switch when I was drying a load and opened the door to check if the clothes were dry yet. When I closed the door the dryer never came back on. Wouldn't take much with our wiring. We can't run the microwave and the oven or even coffeemaker at the same time without tripping the surge protector. Forget about running the vacuum cleaner while the dryer or A/C is running. Older than dirt wiring that isn't grounded properly. It's no wonder we have electrical issues.
Wirey
Fartist
Door switch doesn't draw that much. More likely the plug was hot, and when you tried to restart the inrush current surpassed the fuses rating. Inrush current is a function of electrical theory. Initial energization of any coil, or any heating element, requires an extra amount of electrical current and as such, all heating and motor loads are subjected to dramatically higher levels of current flow while coming up to temperature / speed then they are at normal operating conditions.
Brains are hot, eh? How you doin'?
Edited to mention that using an emery board to clean the prongs of your plug may help.
I also advise against feeling poor.
They might object.
They might object.
Is it normal to have your post count go from, say, around 2,500 a few days ago to 2,900 a couple of days later? I know I've posted some, but I didn't think I've done 400 over the past week!
I've seen some weird number things, eg, a frubal count increasing by several hundred overnite (not mine).
Huh. Maybe I'm just misremembering where I was. Not impossible, given the current condition of my memory and atten....
what?
It's been windy all day, and the sun has gone down now. It's getting dark outside.
I'm not surprised at your posting count going up given how many losing posts you've made in the last post is a winner thread.