http://www.jsmck.com/index1.html Not meant to be an advertisement. :-) Many years ago in a past life I helped with a computer upgrade for Sam McKnight. I was amazed that someone could make a living investigating electrical fires. Looks like he's still at it. "The effects of electricity on the human body " As for the bullet item above can we just say "pisses me off". :-p -----Original Message----- From: Lawrence Lile Sent: Aug 18, 2004 12:39 PM To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: Re: ] Inside wiring - what gauge? There are plenty of electricians who also get hot/neutral reversed. That's why I carry around one of those little testers that can test for this, as well as test for GFIs when inspecting power. A fire at a dryer killed a friend of mine's two children and burned up his house. Dryers are great places for fires - plenty of lint everywhere, lots of juice, plenty of heat to dry everything out. Oh Yeah, I have read that 40% of all fires are electrical in origin. The rest are probably either arson, or started when electronics guys go to sleep with a soldering iron in their hand -- Lawrence Lile, P.E. Electrical and Electronic Solutions Project Solutions Companies www.projsolco.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Reid [mailto:mikecreid@MSN.COM] > Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 7:52 AM > To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU > Subject: Re: ] Inside wiring - what gauge? > > This is an interesting discussion in light of a tragedy yesterday in a > town near Salt Lake City. A 18 year guy moved away from home and was > moving into an apartment. He crawled behind his dryer to plug it in to > the 240 outlet. He was electrocuted and his roommate found his body. > Upon inspection they found that the apartment owner had done his own > electrical work and accidentally reversed the wiring so that the dryer > ground was energized and he probably touched it and was in a tight area > between the dryer and the wall. This is a sad reality of what happens > when people without a clue attempt to do their own wiring. A number of > the electricians I work with have similar stories to share. > > We sometimes get so used to working around electricity that we forget > how lethal and devoid of mercy it is. > > When I was in high school I designed a simple disolve unit for my dad's > 35mm slide projector. I did't about floating ground and the hot side > and neutral side. So I ended up with the chassis of the projector at 120 > VAC and my dad was the one who found this out as he was using it one day > and ended up completing the circuit between the projector and ground! > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList > mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu > > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.735 / Virus Database: 489 - Release Date: 8/6/2004 > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.735 / Virus Database: 489 - Release Date: 8/6/2004 -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu