My uncle once had a trailer that he just ran some quick power to with
an
extension cord or something and somehow screwed up cause I went to the
door
and touched the metal side. YOWCH.
That was _our_ trailer when I was a kid! Was never properly grounded
somehow (my dad wasn't that great with
Two years behind you.
On 12/13/05, Craig McCluskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 05:50:10 + LT Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > You must be really old! I always thought you were about my age or
> > younger.
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> I'm 55. How old are you?
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>
> Craig
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> _
;That could end up one hell of a catastrophe about time the doubter 's
> >pacemaker went poof StupidReally, really stupid.
> >
> >Mike
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> >From: "Loren Faeth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: "Mercedes mailing
On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 05:50:10 + LT Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You must be really old! I always thought you were about my age or
> younger.
I'm 55. How old are you?
Craig
> -Original Message-
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Loren Faeth
> Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 12:00 AM
> To: Mercedes mailing list
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Block heater pyrotechnics
>
> Gee! I must have been dead for 37
t: Monday, December 12, 2005 10:19 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Block heater pyrotechnics
Naa, just a tickle. !20V grounded through a person to the Mississippi
river will get said person's attention, but it is not generally fatal. I
knew a guy who ran a hardware store. He kept a cord with bare w
Naa, just a tickle. !20V grounded through a person to the Mississippi
river will get said person's attention, but it is not generally fatal.
I
knew a guy who ran a hardware store. He kept a cord with bare wires.
He
would hold one wire in each hand to show people it is only a tickle.
He
wo
Gee! I must have been dead for 37 years and never noticed!One hand on
the galvanized tin on the boathouse, where a wire was in contact with the
tin when the light was on. I didn't measure amps, but It did get my
attention.
Can I collect back social security death benefits? Might be enou
On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 21:19:47 -0600 Loren Faeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Naa, just a tickle. !20V grounded through a person to the Mississippi
> river will get said person's attention, but it is not generally fatal.
> I knew a guy who ran a hardware store. He kept a cord with bare wires.
>
Naa, just a tickle. !20V grounded through a person to the Mississippi
river will get said person's attention, but it is not generally fatal. I
knew a guy who ran a hardware store. He kept a cord with bare wires. He
would hold one wire in each hand to show people it is only a tickle. He
wo
Liquid electrical tape or heat shrink tubing make very nice water tight
connections.
Mike
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From: "David Brodbeck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mercedes mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 8:05 PM
Kris Gilmore wrote:
Electrocution, BS. Fixing a break in a 120V AC cord is about
as far from rocket science as it gets. And it is easy to test.
Fixing it is easy. Fixing it so it'll be waterproof is harder. If it's
not waterproof, it won't stay fixed for long.
That said, this
At 03:05 PM 12/12/2005, Jim C and then RLE wrote:
>
Boy oh boy, is
to use
it.
Remember to tuck it back in under the hood before going through the car
wash.
Randy
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Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 12:06 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [MBZ] Block heater py
Boy oh boy, is this bum advice. The cost of that cord is
inconsequential.
The cost is not huge, no. (Though it is a significant percentage of the
cost of that car.) The _point_ of the advice, however, is not
inconsequential. Before just throwing money at a problem, it is
wise to actually diag
<>
Boy oh boy, is this bum advice. The cost of that cord is inconsequential.
>From the description it's clear that the insulation has worn through after all
those years and patching it together to save pennies is nuts. Suppose you
plugged it in and suddenly you have 120V AC standing on the car'
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