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Old 05-18-2012, 09:04 AM
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I had a new tech convinced I could smell a bad fuse. It was a big ceramic body fuse, so no visual indication when they pop, but I had seen this system pop this fuse many times and the tech didn't know that.
I simply started pulling fuses and sniffing them, until I got to the one I knew was bad. Sniffed it, and said "Yep, this one's bad".
He verified my diagnosis with his meter, then walked around with this dazed look on his face the rest of the day. After some time passed and it failed a few times on his watch, he realized he'd been had.
ROTFLMAO!!!

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Old 05-18-2012, 03:26 PM
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But your ears are not qualified to make such blanket judgements. That 6 foot cord has a significant impact hooked on the end of that 100 ft of Romex.
A hospital grade duplex makes all of the difference.

To be fair, my electronic battery charger causes a hum on my KW 44 whenever I run both of them at the same time out in the shop. Something about that particular battery charger, my other two don't do it.

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