[SML] Wire junction

[Dan Sheehan]

Nothing is as permanent as a temporary solution that works,


Coconut Grove in Boston didn't need big questionable electric junctions.
  (Neither did the Station in RI).
Any ignition source would produce the same effect.

On Sat, Jan 18, 2020 at 2:51 PM Richard Niederberg via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> Many years ago, I worked on the New Years Rockin' Eve at the Coconut Grove
> in Los Angeles. We had to pull 1000s of feet of 4/0 thru the ceiling for
> the lighting. The Sister Lugs on the ends of the cables tore at everything
> in their path. The Building is now a School.
> /s/ Richard
>
> On Sat, Jan 18, 2020 at 11:24 AM Jerry Durand via Stagecraft <
> stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jerry Durand, Durand Interstellar, Inc. +1 408-356-3886www.DurandInterstellar.com & www.Durandinterstellar.ru
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...Dan Sheehan
Fixer of things that break
TD Walpole (MA) Footlighters
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