AFCI's won't stop this fire !

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MDShunk

Discussion Starter · Feb 20, 2007

With what seems like a coming requirement to protect all 120V circuits in the home with AFCI's, I wonder what that would do for this situation. I saw this last week on a "no heat" call. It was a string of baseboard heaters in the lobby of an inn. Some of them were not working. When I took apart what seemed like the offending link in the chain, I was greeted with the sight in the pictures below. These heaters were 240 volt. AFCI's won't help this problem. The NM cable feeding this heater was scorched back a good 3 to 4 feet before I could get good cable. I think I got there just in time.

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MDShunk

Discussion Starter · #2 · Feb 20, 2007

That connection was glowing red when I snapped the pic. I'm not sure why it shows up glowing white, but that's even more dramatic.

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Speedy Petey

· #3 · Feb 20, 2007

It's amazing you got those pics!

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Joe Momma

· #4 · Feb 20, 2007

So what do you use to get your phone pics onto your computer MD?

Just curious because I use Verizon and I recently did some serious modifying to my phone so I could do that instead of paying 10 cents per picture to send one of my own pictures to myself(I hate Verizon, but their service is great)

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MDShunk

Discussion Starter · #5 · Feb 20, 2007

Joe Momma said:
So what do you use to get your phone pics onto your computer MD?

It's kinda screwed up how I have to do it.

My phone gives me the option to "send" any picture in my album. I can't send to an email address, only to another phone. My wife's phone can send pics to another phone or to an email. So, what I do is send them to my wife's phone, then use her phone to email them to myself. I wish there was just a cable I could put straight from the phone to my USB port. Maybe there is... I might have to stop by the cell phone store.

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Joe Momma

· #6 · Feb 21, 2007

There is a cable for every phone, but if you have Verizon then they disabled the use of the cable to work this way or a bluetooth conection to your computer.

They it's for their own security, but I know it's to charge more money. I'm pretty digruntled with them but they have the best service and I'm locked in to a contract.

So 2 weeks ago I 'hacked' my phone, got rid of all the Verizon software on it and put on Alltel's software(who also uses the same network) Now everything works the way Motorola intended it.

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