Another trouble point is lightweight wire eye ends in the circuit with larger conductors, on the same stud. Especially when, say an eye with a 3/8 hole is used on a smaller stud, there is not much metal in use. Best arrangement might be a 2nd nut for the lighter conductors. Lee Haefele ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: "A LiveAboardList" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 9:28 AM Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] (T&T: & TWL2:) Re: TWL2 digest/"don't havestainless washers in theelectrical system "
> > > This is an important point. > > Back when aluminum wire was used in house wiring many people died due to > house fires caused by hot connections. > > With a hot connection caused by a (relatively) high resistance connection > to a large load, enough heat can be produced to cause a fire without amps > enough to trip the breaker or melt the fuse. > > > Norm > S/V Bandersnatch > Lying Atlantic City NJ > > > > >> a washer between the two electrical conductors. You now have a resistor. > The >> insidious part is that you do not get an immediate failure, nor is it >> something that any amount of fuses or breakers can protect you from. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.375 / Virus Database: 270.12.93/2206 - Release Date: 06/27/09 17:55:00 _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
