Neon John wrote:
On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:19:01 -0900, (Floyd L. Davidson) wrote:

"Stormin Mormon" wrote:
He's not talking resistance -- he's talking about a short circuit. Please be
sure of your terms before you call someone else names, and insult them.

I've known of houses with broken down insulation in the lead in wire,
creating a high energy bill. So, it's a real condition.

More total bull****. That would burn the house down
long before you got the bill. As Mike said, if the
connection where so hot it was shining brightly in the
daylight... and indeed that is what it would take to
create a high energy bill, and it *would* set fire to
something.

Really? Then according to your expert theory, my restaurant ought to have burned
down long ago.



http://www.neon-john.com/images/Wiring_overload.jpg

Sure sonny. Now tell us just how much electricity that
mess actually used. Nothing there used up enough power
to cost more than 20 cents a month!

Perhaps you ought to look at the other post I made in this thread about how to
compute irradiative losses from a hot object. The concept is simple enough for
someone even of your caliber to understand.

But not so simple that you quite understand it, eh?

Maybe you ought to get your code book out too. At various places it discusses the
losses involved in various wire and cable temperature rises.

Another item you don't seem to quite understand yet.

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Floyd L. Davidson http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)