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In Reply to: A hobby is one thing but... posted by airtime on June 2, 2021 at 07:40:05:
I just hope the crew over there reads your post!
a few decades ago I accompanied an electrician friend of mine to a friend of his sister's [very old] house where they were having problems, the lights in their 'upstairs' didn't work ... we went up there to trace the fault and found it [really fast!] in a partially 'improved' attic space where they had set up a dormer without actually doing one if you know what I mean
the wiring up there was 'free air' on ceramic stand offs, that led into a 'gerry rigged' improvised closet at one end built from lap board including the door ... that's where the burnt through wire was that failed and it's a damn good thing that it did!
opening the door the wires ran in very close parallel at the top where the roof peaked ... the wires ran close enough together that the homeowner thought they had an easy peasy clothes hangar there ... we found a little row of scorched wire coat hangars and garments dangling from the remaining wire, with a few hangars and crispy shirts laying on the floor in a little pile
we just looked at each in amazement that there wasn't a fire up there, and he asked them 'weren't you blowing fuses?' ... of course they were but just kept changing them for a bit ... up until the wire burnt through
in that location, up and away, out of sight out of mind in that super dried out attic space any fire would have had an excellent start before even being noticed and quickly involved the whole damn house
man, were they ever lucky ... it's still scary to even think about
you never forget seeing those type things
best regards,
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- RE: A hobby is one thing but... - rivervalley817 06/2/2112:21:43 06/2/21 (1)
- Thank you - airtime 13:39:37 06/2/21 (0)
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