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Curt Palme
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'Nuff said!  
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Tim in Phoenix
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Uh oh....
Better the outlet than your hand!
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ecrabb
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Wow! I've never seen one get so charred! Uh, background story please!
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zaphod
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i don't want to ask about that McIntosh amp do i 
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wallace123456
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That kind of a blow-out looks like it happened while you were plugging the cord in. So, let's see a pic of your hand...
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Phil Smith
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That's what I was thinking. Curt is your hand black as well?
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Joust
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One of our electricians here at work got himself a good dose of 16,000volts yesterday while trying to repair the damage of a lightnig strike. We were out of power from 4pm to 1am.
he survived, 
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Curt Palme
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Nah, not as bad as it seems. My charger for my DeWalt was plugged in there, but the plug had worked itself out a bit. I threw the dog leashes on the cabinet beside the plug, the metal clasp fell onto the exposed plug pins.. BOOM!
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CRT_Ben
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About 15 years ago an electrician was working on the breaker box at my dad's shop (220 aplenty) and for reasons I can't remember it pretty much blew up in his face. I think he had to go to the hospital, and my dad said he quit that line of work. I can't blame him...
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JustGreg
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| Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 9:16 pm Post subject: Re: Curt was here... |
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'Nuff said! |
Altogether now....."Eh-bo--nee and I-vor-eee..."
As cartoonish as receptacles look by design, those look even more startled (or is that "shocked") <groan>
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stefuel
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It is now code here to invert the plug so the groung leg is up for just that reason.
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Joust
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Tim in Phoenix
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Hehe
A CSA Swat Team is circling the house looking for a tall idiot with smoke stained hands......
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garyfritz
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Really, Chip? I thought it was code to invert GFCI outlets? At least that's what they do around here...
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jask
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| stefuel wrote: | | It is now code here to invert the plug so the groung leg is up for just that reason. |
That makes sense, An electrician I know said this was often an argument in his trade and the ground down was often considered the best position as the path to ground would be the last connection broken if the cord was yanked down,stood on,etc.
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jayluft
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Curt, is that a picture of the outlet from the big ass fan you had to install in your bathroom?
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emdawgz1
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When i read the title of the thread i thought i was back in high school.... you remember?
John was here
but now he's gone
he left these nutz
to PARTY ON!
ah to be 16 again! 
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JustGreg
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 Too funny. Never heard that one. Ours usually went the ole 'Here I sit broken hearted, came to sh*t but only pharted....'
Ahhh yeah. Defacing school property. Those were the days. 
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Heywood Jablome
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| JustGreg wrote: | Too funny. Never heard that one. Ours usually went the ole 'Here I sit broken hearted, came to sh*t but only pharted....'
Ahhh yeah. Defacing school property. Those were the days. |
In College (Northeastern University) it was takes on the word "Grout" in one particular bathroom... scribbled in really little letters was "Grout it from the highest mountain," "The Grout Gatsby" and many, many others. High-brow sh*tter scribbles!
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PJMoore
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At the urinal at eye level in tiny letters it said "look up". A couple of tiles up and one over to the right, it again said "look up". Two tiles higher, one more to the right, and just large enough to read it said "look down - you are pissing on your shoe". I was. Duh.
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