TheRubySusan
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- Location
- Henry, IL
- Name
- Ruby
I have no idea what any of that meant, but I've got an electrical hazard story for you. My late husband, who was always right and never wrong, was once given a ceramic kiln Kilns draw more power than dryers. Well, this one lacked a ... pigtail, I think that's the technical term. The plug that goes into the wall socket. Did he acquire a pigtail for it? No, he wired it directly into its own switch in the circuit breaker box, spliced the kiln to the wire coming out of the box a few inches off a "pathway" between stuff on the basement floor (which was damp most of the year and flooded lightly after every rain, but that's another story) and covered the bare wires of the splice with one of his "seconds" bowls. Most of the time, of course, the circuit breaker was turned off, but still... some deep part of me was sure electricity was leaking out onto that damp basement floor anyway!
I guess it sort of spoils the story, but the whole arrangement worked perfectly, with nary an electrical mishap. But I did NOT like to go down and check on the progress of a firing when the juice was flowing!
I guess it sort of spoils the story, but the whole arrangement worked perfectly, with nary an electrical mishap. But I did NOT like to go down and check on the progress of a firing when the juice was flowing!