Thanks Max, I don't recall why that stuck in my mind. Although here's a good one for ya. Many a year back in the townhouse I used to own, we had a really interesting problem. One night my wife woke up and attempted to turn on a light. Well it didn't work so off to the breakerbox I go to find that nothing was out of place and yes, it wasn't the bulb. What was odd is that some things were without power and the rest of the stuff was. So, to make a long story short, I was completely at a loss as to why this would be. So, after finding a live circuit to connect the fridge to, I went back to sleep. Got up the next morning and found all the power restored. Well strangely the power problem occurred again? After consulting with the power company, we learned we had lost one of the 120 legs coming into the house. Now what was happening is the waterheater would come up and restore power to the entire house and when it shut off, we'd loose power. How I actually determined it was the lost leg before the power company finally agreed to send someone out is by using my multimeter and checking for voltage on the 220 outlet for the dryer. Sure enough, half was there and half was not. So, they did finally fix the problem, but they used a temporary device that made up for the lost leg. I don't know if this was a result of us having a split-bus box or not, but I understand around here those type boxes are no longer legal since there is no one switch to kill the entire electrical service. So, there's a good story. On Oct 28, 2008, at 5:45 PM, Max Robinson wrote:
> Scott asked. > > However, I thought I read somewhere that the motor in an > appliance still has some affect on electricity even when it's not > being used, is not digital, and is merely just plugged into the > outlet. Do I recall that correctly? > > No. When a motor is off, it's off. No current flows. > > Regards. > > Max. K 4 O D S. > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net > Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net > Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com > > To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom Hodges" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 4:46 PM > Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] electrical power uses cut > > > I'm not sure, but I don't think so. > > > > > > > > _____ > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected] > ] > > On Behalf Of Scott Howell > > Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 2:42 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] electrical power uses cut > > > > > > > > Now that does make sense and neither my washer or dryer have digital > > controls. However, I thought I read somewhere that the motor in an > > appliance still has some affect on electricity even when it's not > > being used, is not digital, and is merely just plugged into the > > outlet. Do I recall that correctly? > > > > On Oct 25, 2008, at 10:45 AM, Tom Hodges wrote: > > > >> In general, appliances such as washing machines without digital > >> displays and > >> control panels don't use electricity in the off mode, but machines > >> with > >> digital controls do. This applies to some other appliances as well. > >> > >> _____ > >> > >> From: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > > yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandyman@ > > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com > >> ] > >> On Behalf Of chiliblindman > >> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 10:53 AM > >> To: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > > yahoogroups.com > >> Subject: [BlindHandyMan] electrical power uses cut > >> > >> I had a discussion this mourning about power usage of items in > stand- > >> by > >> mode. There was mention of this on this list before about the power > >> used by > >> appliances when in the off mode. Regardless of what it could be; > >> microwave > >> oven, computer or TV, most use power when off especially if we like > >> the > >> instant on feature of items. > >> A couple placed all there appliances on power strips so they could > >> turn them > >> completely off, reasonably in a easy way anyway. Their electric > bill > >> has > >> been slashed in half and they were really excited. > >> Apparently they do not have a microwave like mine that needs the > >> time set > >> before it is usable. I figured I would pass this information along. > >> I found something that reduced my electric bill almost in half by > >> accident, > >> my daughter got married and moved out.hahaha > >> ..................bob > >> > >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >> > >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >> > >> > >> > > > > Scott Howell > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:s.howell%40verizon.net> net > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To listen to the show archives go to link > > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > > Or > > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From > Various > > List Members At The Following address: > > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > > > Visit the archives page at the following address > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the > following > > address for more information: > > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind > Handy Man > > list just send a blank message to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > Scott Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
