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Post by ironhold on Mar 25, 2014 4:11:00 GMT
One of the local radio stations has a series of "novelty" station IDs in which a random voice makes a random joke before giving the station info.
One of these IDs is a joke in which disk jockeys who wet the bed are given electric blankets, followed by the sound of a scream.
Could an electric blanket really shock someone if the person wet the bed?
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Post by the light works on Mar 25, 2014 4:58:04 GMT
One of the local radio stations has a series of "novelty" station IDs in which a random voice makes a random joke before giving the station info. One of these IDs is a joke in which disk jockeys who wet the bed are given electric blankets, followed by the sound of a scream. Could an electric blanket really shock someone if the person wet the bed? not a UL listed one. |
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Post by GTCGreg on Mar 25, 2014 6:11:11 GMT
Well, technically no. The resistance heating wire in an electric blanket is insulated with a waterproof PVC coating, but if there were any cracks in the insulation, which could happen with age, you wouldn't know it until the blanket was wet.
Electric blankets also aren't supposed to burn down your house but we had one try do that. And it was UL listed.
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Post by the light works on Mar 25, 2014 13:45:34 GMT
Well, technically no. The resistance heating wire in an electric blanket is insulated with a waterproof PVC coating, but if there were any cracks in the insulation, which could happen with age, you wouldn't know it until the blanket was wet. Electric blankets also aren't supposed to burn down your house but we had one try do that. And it was UL listed. true, damaged or defective things no longer operate according to specifications. in fact, electric blankets was the original justification for Arc Fault Circuit Interrupter technology. |
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Post by GTCGreg on Mar 25, 2014 16:08:21 GMT
I wondered why they targeted arc fault interrupters for bedroom circuits. I didn't realize electric blankets were the culprit. Probably heating pads too.
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Post by the light works on Mar 25, 2014 16:26:20 GMT
I wondered why they targeted arc fault interrupters for bedroom circuits. I didn't realize electric blankets were the culprit. Probably heating pads too. that was the original justification - they wanted bedroom plugs protected because of the potential for damaged electric blankets to catch fire without running enough current draw to trip a circuit breaker. then they realized , "hey, we can get $75.00 a piece for these things" |
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Post by GTCGreg on Mar 25, 2014 16:36:21 GMT
A friend of mine who is an amateur radio operator moved into a new house that had three arc fault interrupters. Every time he would key his transmitter, all three would trip.
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Post by the light works on Mar 25, 2014 16:44:04 GMT
A friend of mine who is an amateur radio operator moved into a new house that had three arc fault interrupters. Every time he would key his transmitter, all three would trip. current code requires every 120V circuit that is outside the kitchen, bathroom, utility room or garage to be AFCI protected... and any replacement receptacles are required to upgrade to AFCI (my inspector has already told me he won't be enforcing that) when they first hit the market, about 1 in 3 was defective. now at least I am not carrying 2 spares for every trimout; knowing that at least one will be bad. but I really want to find enough time to submit a request to scale back the requirements to bedrooms; and preferably just bedroom receptacles - because I have not yet investigated a fire that I felt an AFCI would have prevented. - except the sea gypsy fire, and that was... a bedroom receptacle. - And the current requirements are going to encourage people to cheat - and when they cheat, they will eliminate the AFCIs altogether (like I would not blame your friend for doing) |
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Post by GTCGreg on Mar 25, 2014 16:57:52 GMT
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Post by the light works on Mar 25, 2014 17:06:57 GMT
don't noise it about, but it was Eaton I was having so much trouble with defective breakers from. |
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Post by silverdragon on Mar 30, 2014 8:21:10 GMT
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