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[Bluecat34]

Dear Everyone,

I received and invitation from Lou, to introduce myself, first and foremost
the only thing I know about electricity is I cannot see it. ( As kid I wish I had learnt that one quicker!).

I am focused and driven and its to that end I am making a post about an domestic electrical challenge I have.

Yours sincerely

Bluecat34

 

[telectrix]

what's the challenge?

 

[Charlie_]

I think the challenge is for him to learn to see electric... as a child he never learned that skill

 

[Pete999]

what's the challenge?

Yes OP give, don't keep us all in suspense, I know Tel is up for a challenge as am I.

 

[Pete999]

U can smell it sometimes, but see it Nah.

 

[telectrix]

oops.

 

[Charlie_]

You can see it in certain conditions though...
Lightning
Sparks
Arc in a vacuum

 

[Spoon]

I'll be the sensible one, again, and post up a link to the 'domestic electrical challenge'

 

[Pete999]

I'll be the sensible one, again, and post up a link to the 'domestic electrical challenge'

You ought to change your name to Hercule as in Poirot, Spoon, if I'm on the right track well spotted.

 

[Taylortwocities]

I have a transformer with a tap on it. Never seen anything coming out of it though.

 

[static zap]

Child-hood smell memories...Valve radios and...
Smell it at work ,old mains drill !
(Do you really get more ozone near the sea side ?)
..Then those Air purifiers that got your dust to stick to the walls..

 

[Taylortwocities]

Child-hood smell memories...Valve radios .

Oh yes. That warm Bakelite smell. Lovely.

 

[Charlie_]

I have a transformer with a tap on it. Never seen anything coming out of it though.

I also have a transformer, no tap but it can hum

 

[telectrix]

I also have a transformer, no tap but it can hum

 

[Gary Tollison]

I remember once when I was only knee-high to a grasshopper...
The fridge in the kitchen didn’t have a light in the socket, and as my age was still only in single digits at the time, I didn’t know what the gold coloured round things in the round black thing were.
It was only after I touched them that I realised what it was...

 

[Lou]

Welcome, did you find the answers you were looking for?

 

[James]

I remember once when I was only knee-high to a grasshopper...
The fridge in the kitchen didn’t have a light in the socket, and as my age was still only in single digits at the time, I didn’t know what the gold coloured round things in the round black thing were.
It was only after I touched them that I realised what it was...

WHY do people take bulbs out without putting a new one in?
Also, now days electrical terminals are supposed to be touch proof and any enclosure with live terminals has to be accessible using either a special tool or key. how come the original Edison screw and bayonet connect lamp holders are still being manufactured and sold?

 

[static zap]

WHY do people take bulbs out without putting a new one in?...

The answer ,is frugality.
The old "lamp" went off with such a bang ... They are sure it will do harm if left in place,
(or do a double take -which they are not going to try)

 

[Pete999]

WHY do people take bulbs out without putting a new one in?
Also, now days electrical terminals are supposed to be touch proof and any enclosure with live terminals has to be accessible using either a special tool or key. how come the original Edison screw and bayonet connect lamp holders are still being manufactured and sold?

Probably because the ES lamps were made before that ruling came about.

 

[Gary Tollison]

Maybe I should have mentioned that this happened sometime in 1980-ish, and not in England either, so apologies if this ruffled any feathers of the regulations experts