Re: Here's one for the books

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

How did you get a commercial fire application from my post. I don't do fire
applications at all...

RHC

"Crash Gordon®" <NONE@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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832 for commercial fire?

was there tin foil wrapped around the fuse?

I HATE panels that use fuses btw.


"R.H.Campbell" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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
> >
> >
>
>