I don't do Facebook but I am on Nextdoor, and boy I'm glad I am. Today I learned that the worst kind of home wiring fault is an open circuit because they can heat up and so you have to shut off the breaker right away.

All these years and I find out about this only now?! I blame all of you for not bringing it to my attention earlier. I think I might have to move all of my electronics discussions over there. Sorry, but that's where the experts are, apparently.

 

Do you mean "open circuit" or "resistive circuits"?

In one house I discovered that the house was wired with aluminum but the breakers in the breaker box were designed for copper. Every now and then I would have to take my screwdrive and tighten the screws that had started to come loose on the breakers, otherwise they would trip from the heat. Or are you referring to something else all together. (An open circuit should not draw current...should it?)

 

I would have thought an open circuit was what a circuit breaker would do but apparently that’s a different open circuit than the one that happens somewhere else and open circuits heat up!

(I hope my sarcasm is clear. Every time a clueless homeowner asks an electrical question “experts” come out of the woodwork with the most marvelous theories about how house wiring works.)

 

I had a meeting with my financial adviser yesterday - he told me all about hydrogen fuel cells. . . . . .

 

I had a meeting with my financial adviser yesterday - he told me all about hydrogen fuel cells. . . . . .

Is there a punch line?

 

Today I learned that the worst kind of home wiring fault is an open circuit

OMG, I better plug something in to EVERY outlet in the house, turn them all on! But wait, what if a light bulb burns out? I better pop the main breaker, oh wait…

Bob

 

I don't do Facebook but I am on Nextdoor, and boy I'm glad I am. Today I learned that the worst kind of home wiring fault is an open circuit because they can heat up and so you have to shut off the breaker right away.

All these years and I find out about this only now?! I blame all of you for not bringing it to my attention earlier. I think I might have to move all of my electronics discussions over there. Sorry, but that's where the experts are, apparently.

Thanks for sharing that. I thought you would have known that. This is because in an open circuit the flow of current is so miniscule and such a low current is not even measurable making it very dangerous. This is especially true in home residential circuits because as we all know Edison demonstrated how dangerous AC current can be.

Ron

 

I don't do Facebook but I am on Nextdoor, and boy I'm glad I am. Today I learned that the worst kind of home wiring fault is an open circuit because they can heat up and so you have to shut off the breaker right away.

All these years and I find out about this only now?! I blame all of you for not bringing it to my attention earlier. I think I might have to move all of my electronics discussions over there. Sorry, but that's where the experts are, apparently.

What the ………”” ……… is Nextdoor? Your new website? This post is leading but, not sure where? Somewhat rhetorical, or from others posting above looks like it should be in the jokes thread.

I’m waiting to see where this goes.

kv

 

What the ………”” ……… is Nextdoor? Your new website? This post is leading but, not sure where? Somewhat rhetorical, or from others posting above looks like it should be in the jokes thread.

I’m waiting to see where this goes.

kv

Nextdoor is a sort of hyperlocal Facebook. It's neighborhood focused and people ask all sorts of questions about homes there among other things like reporting "crimes" and complaining.

When people ask electrical questions the answers range from reasonable, to very good, to oddball magical stuff.

My comment was on that. Sort of blowing off steam. I am one voice in the storm sometimes.

[EDIT: Fixed spellcheck error]

 

Nextdoor is a sort of hyperlocal Facebook. It's neighborhood focused and people ask all sorts of equations about homes there among other things like reporting "crimes" and complaining.

When people ask electrical questions the answers range from reasonable, to very good, to oddball magical stuff.

My comment was on that. Sort of blowing off steam. I am one voice in the storm sometimes.

Thank you for addressing me directly. At first I was somewhat angry, yet amused. Now I can share your pain.

kv

 

Is there a punch line?

He's a financial adviser - he doesn't know a thing about hydrogen fuel cells. But he still wanted to tell me how they "worked".
(Thought we would no longer need electric motors for fuel-cell-driven vehicles)

 

He's a financial adviser - he doesn't know a thing about hydrogen fuel cells. But he still wanted to tell me how they "worked".
(Thought we would no longer need electric motors for fuel-cell-driven vehicles)

Which makes one wonder if he actually knows anything about financial advising, or is that the joke lol

kv

 

I may be a bit slow here. Only six hours and I finally get the joke : -)

 

I may be a bit slow here. Only six hours and I finally get the joke : -)

you're not alone ... Yaakov's post got me a little confused at first ... now I'm finally laughing about it

 

I may be a bit slow here. Only six hours and I finally get the joke : -)

Admitting only makes it funnier, I had to think about it again with a second laugh, qoute: six hours end quote. lol

kv

 

I had a meeting with my financial adviser yesterday - he told me all about hydrogen fuel cells. . . . . .

From that I didn't get the joke since so many of the financial advisors I know are retired engineers who slipped into financial advising mid- to late-career as a pre-retirement job. Most of them could chew your ear off about technology.

now you show the rest of the information that made your first post funny only for you.

He's a financial adviser - he doesn't know a thing about hydrogen fuel cells. But he still wanted to tell me how they "worked".
(Thought we would no longer need electric motors for fuel-cell-driven vehicles)

maybe your first post should have been formulated to include the right info from your second post - something like this...

"I had a meeting with my financial adviser yesterday - he told me cars of the future will no longer need electric motors with the great innovations in hydrogen fuel cells. . . . . ."

 

Sorry my sarcasm wasn’t more obvious. I’ll admit I sometimes forget how broadly applicable Godwin’s Law is nowadays.

Maybe a <sarcasm /> tag is a good idea for next time.

 

When people ask electrical questions the answers range from reasonable, to very good, to oddball magical stuff.

Like the Neighbour that recieved his electrical training/experience working on the electrical counter at Wal-Mart, Maybe?

 

From Private Eye issue 1552

 

The internet works morely like a jacka$$ than a safe place for human beeing.and it dosn't matter it's Nextdoor,FB,or AAC.
this week I finished level 1000 in Angry Birds 2 after couple of months without paying even a buck and think what happend?
The apple ID suddenly was blocked and I lost access to game progress and backup data without any reactivation chance.
Besides that I'm called to get back to University after 3 idle years where the folks they don't have any sense about Copyright Rules. and so it begins...