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!
>
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