[Amps] AC wiring

[Gary Schafer]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: amps-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces at contesting.com] On
> Behalf Of m.ford
> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 11:16 AM
> To: R.Measures
> Cc: amps at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [Amps] AC wiring
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "R.Measures" <r at somis.org>
> To: "Tony King - W4ZT" <amps080605 at w4zt.com>
> Cc: <amps at contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 8:30 AM
> Subject: Re: [Amps] AC wiring
> 
> 
> >
> > On Oct 19, 2005, at 1:13 PM, Tony King - W4ZT wrote:
> >
> >> Seems a lot of folks have opinions and that is a good thing. Perhaps I
> >> am just a little more anal about keeping wires cool (yes, I HAVE had a
> >> house fire). Fortunately it wasn't caused by under sized electrical
> >> service.
> >>
> > The last house fire in this neighborhood was caused by rodents eating
> > the vinyl insulation on electrical wires.  This happened after the new
> > owner of the house decided to get rid of all the cats living on his 2.5
> > acres.
> >
> I lost everything in a house fire in 1978. Caused by red squirrels chewing
> on the newly installed Romex. The arc in the wall was extinguished when
> the newly installed circuit breaker welded shut causing the pole pig to
> boil.
> Had they left the original plug fuses and panel in place the old farmhouse
> would still be here. The NEC can spec all the interupting capacity they
> want
> but plug fuses don't know jack about  di/dt  and everytime I see another
> house
> fire I gotta wonder.
> 
> Mike k1ern


This doesn't add up. Are you telling us that both your breaker on the romex
line and your main panel breaker welded shut?

I do agree that fuses are more reliable than breakers. Some breakers are
very far off from what they are stated to trip at.

73
Gary  K4FMX