On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:12:10 -0600, Steve IA wrote:

ransley wrote:

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Get a clamp on amp meter that goes to 0,01 amp, not found a stores but
electric supply houses, a 35$ Greenlee is good. Clamp on each circut
on your panel to check consumption and compare it to what is plugged
in by their watt ratings, then check with everything off, then
unplugged. You might find a direct short to ground.

Can two extension cords, plugged together and covered with ice and snow
cause a direct short without breaking the circuit breaker?

I suppose that it could be possible but in practice, a wet cord either doesn't
conduct enough current to matter or it trips the breaker. Conducting significant
current would result in heating that would melt the ice and dry the water, stopping
the conduction.

John
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