This reminds me of a small fire I once encountered !
I was at one point the owner of a robin reliant (plastic pig stupid 3
wheeled thingy probably only available in uk) I was going out one day
inserted the key turned and the throttle cable caught fire loads o smoke
! Tracing the fault the bond between the chassis and the engine was
rotted away and the point of best conductance was the throttle cable it
caused the discharge of a fire extinguisher and made ell of a mess damm
lucky fiberglass body could have all gone up in smoke !

Steve (no longer owner of plastic pig)

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[mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of michael brown
Sent: 05 March 2004 08:10
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: [OT:] More stupid electrical tricks...

From: "Robert Ussery"

> of the battery with my metal watchband... I now have a watchband with
welded
> links, a couple of small burns on my wrist, and a very paranoid
attitude
> about batteries.
>
> How many of you have experienced this same phenomena? Please say
you've done
> the same thing so I'll stop feeling like such a moron...

Ask how many have picked up a soldering iron by the hot end and how many
times.  ;-)

I once installed an 8-track tape deck in my car and didn't see any need
to worry about fuses.  Eventually a short developed and the power lead
to the deck immediately turned a nice cherry red causing the plastic
insulation to just drop off the wire.  I got a nice burn when yanking
out the wiring.  Now, I always use fuses.

For amateur radio installations, I usually run power/ground leads all
the way to the battery.  I fuse both leads as close to the battery as
possible.

michael brown

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