[SML] Wire junction

[Jerry Durand]

Didn't that gorilla later become a dentist?

On 1/18/20 11:19 AM, Don Taco via Stagecraft wrote:
> Back at college, the prof told a story from his college days, about
> some gorilla pulling a heavy feeder cable across the floor on some
> temp installation. Coming across some obstruction that snagged the
> cable, he just pulled harder, hard enough to separate the cable from
> the snagged connector. The 240v bare wires weren't touching each
> other, but as they travelled across the floor, they were arcing and
> sparking as they shorted across the concrete, which politely
> disintegrated, breaking the circuit before the breaker tripped. He
> said there was about 4 feet of permanent scarred pitted concrete arc
> trail, and one hell of a smell, when the breaker finally went. The
> gorilla never even noticed, until he reeled in the cable at its
> destination.
>
>

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Jerry Durand, Durand Interstellar, Inc. +1 408-356-3886
www.DurandInterstellar.com & www.Durandinterstellar.ru

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