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Volts, amps and sparks oh my!!

BigNasty

Diamond Contributor
Member For 4 Years
ECF Refugee
OK still shook up a bit.
So I got a rather CLOSE call of catching an arc from a household stove malfunction.
Seems the stove decided it had enough and arced out the burner element... smoke and flame dinner ruined.

I had just put a stainless steel pot on the stove turned it on and turned my back for maybe 30ish or so seconds to clarify what mom wanted me to make for dinner...Que the buzz buzz transformer like sounds, smoke and flames a ruined pot.
Thank god I was NOT in contact with that pot when it decided to throw that bitch fit, 220v 20amp+ arc through steel which was hot enough to spot weld the element in place and to the pot would have SUCKED!
 

misswish

Gold Contributor
Member For 5 Years
Whoa, scary stuff! Glad you are ok, and right there to take care of the fire and stove. Could have been very bad!
 

BigNasty

Diamond Contributor
Member For 4 Years
ECF Refugee
The flames were not so bad but if I would have been in contact with my steel pot it would have SUCKED!! And I would not be here typing...
So out comes the crock pot.
 

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