Re: Here's one for the books

["R.H.Campbell" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You got that right ! The place was closed over the Easter weekend. I can
only imagine what would have happened if it had caught fire during the three
days the building was unoccupied.  My smoke detectors in the building
wouldn't have helped because they were connected to the non functional
panel..

Someone up there was definately watching over me.....

RHC

"Crash Gordon®" <NONE@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Must be those dang Canadian fuses! :-)

I've never seen that happen. I did replace a 15 year old battery a couple of
months ago that looked like it coulda melted the house down. It was almost
round and completly dry inside...it rattled when shaken.

It's a good thing you went right away!


"R.H.Campbell" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I got a call from a large business customer of mine that the Power 832 had
> completely shut down and nothing was working. So I immediately hit the
> road
> and was there in about 5 minutes time. By the time I got there, people
> were
> complaining about a foul, noxious odour coming from the small utility room
> where the panel was located. As I got to the door, I could see the smoke
> coming from under the door.
>
> Anyway, upon entering, I could see this foul brown smoke was coming from
> the
> alarm can. When I opened it up, the main board immediately burst into
> flame
> from the oxygen that was now available, and that had not been available
> previously due to the intense smoke inside the can. I disconnected AC and
> battery, and was able to blow the fire out, but needless to say, the board
> was toast (literally), and the whole system had to be replaced. What had
> happened was the bridge rectifier on the board had shorted in some fashion
> and ignited.
>
> But thinking about it afterwards, this panel could have burned the whole
> damn building down. Who says low voltage equipment poses no risks !!!!!
>
> RHC
>
>