Robert, It would seem this kind of problem may also happen without an extension cord. I know a fellow that used to unplug most of his appliances from the wall in anticipation of a lightning storm. I guess you can't be too careful.
--------------------------------------------------------------------- Dan Kwok, P.Eng. Principal Engineer Electromagnetic Compatibility Intetron Consulting, Inc. Ph (604) 432-9874 E-mail [email protected] Internet http://www.intetron.com Robert Macy wrote: > > It definitely was not supplied by the heater company. It was a high quality > UL approved cord. It's just that this cord carbonized and burst into flame > as the arc was existing. The flames did immediately extinguish when the arc > was stopped by unplugging the cord which is good. > > But again, it was disturbing that the 15A breaker provided no protection. > > Anyway, it was a good lesson for this "sleeping" guy. Now I take electrical > distribution inside my home much more seriously. > > - Robert - > > Robert A. Macy, PE [email protected] > 408 286 3985 fx 408 297 9121 > AJM International Electronics Consultants > 619 North First St, San Jose, CA 95112 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Kwok <[email protected]> > To: Robert Macy <[email protected]>; [email protected] > <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, October 25, 2001 1:42 PM > Subject: Re: skinny power cords. > > > > >Hi Robert, > > > >Recently, I bought several similar heaters for my home. I recall reading in > >the operation instructions, explicit safety warnings against using > extension > >cords with the heater. Was the extension cord supplied with the heater? > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Dan Kwok, P.Eng. > >Principal Engineer > >Electromagnetic Compatibility > >Intetron Consulting, Inc. > >Ph (604) 432-9874 > >E-mail [email protected] > >Internet http://www.intetron.com > > ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: [email protected] Dave Heald [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.
