In article ,
Jethro wrote:
On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:36:52 -0600, "Steve Barker"
wrote:

Sounds like his plug just fried out. Nothing to do with being "backwards".
It didn't trip the breaker, because there was no short. Only an open. Put on
a new HD plug and go on.

Not short huh? Then why the smoke and black soot? Anyway I changed
the male plug to a new 3-PRONG plug and now all is well and working.
Thanks for comments

Jethro

The smoke and black soot only indicates that something was burning.
It is quite possible to generate enough heat for that without getting
anywhere near to the amperage that will trip a circuit breaker. For
sake of argument, suppose an electric hotplate or electric heater was
plugged in; either generates enough heat to start a fire without
trippig the breaker.


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