Re: Here's one for the books

[Crash Gordon® <NONE@xxxxxxxx>]

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