On 8/10/2010 4:54 PM, Puckdropper wrote:
Jack wrote in
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All I do is turn off the saw. I was making up a railing for a friend
just yesterday and putting on the dado blade. He said don't you pull
the cord... I don't. Never saw a light, appliance or power tool go on
by itself. He said what if someone turns in on by accident? I said
that would have to be me, and if I'm that freaking dumb, I deserve to
lose an arm. I'm sure a switch has gone on by itself at least once
somewhere, but in well over half a million hours of experience, I've
not witnessed it, I asked him if he ever witnessed same, he said no,
so thats well over one million hours of testing... so I live on the
edge...

Geez, no guard, no splitter, no disconnect... Thrill a minute...


I've seen some things turn on by themselves, or more likely *not* turn
on. Usually what happened is the switch is either not in a full off
position or defective. The switch not being in a full off position is
difficult on most of the power tools I've used.

Now some of these modern computers... Those stupid things turn on when
power is connected.

That's actually a BIOS setting. On the other hand, all PCs since the
ATX standard was implemented have been soft-off--they're never
completely powered down unless they are unplugged or the disconnect
switch on the back (if they have one) is turned off.

Puckdropper