Originally Posted By: dfrend This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Baltimore Gas and Electric has a neat little training trailer they bring out for demos. It is basically a power line set up with small poles and transformers and all. They hook it up to the power and do some demos to show the danger. We had them come to the fire house. One of the neat things they did was take a hot dog on a pole and get it up near the line. BOOM. Hot dog was cooked through and through…mmmmmm
Originally Posted By: James D Mosier This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Believe it or not I saw the hotdog trick in a book of eigth grade science experiments way back when. Of course we sang about pick-a-ninnies in choir in our classrooms with asbestos ceilings.
Originally Posted By: Greg Fretwell This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
In the 70s I had a “hot dogger” that worked exactly this way. There were two rows of prongs about as far apart as a hotdog. You stuck on 1-6 hot dogs, closed it up and that turned on the juice. It just put the 120v across the dogs and they cooked. That Romex trick looks like the prototype.
Originally Posted By: tallen This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
I am-well, not happy. I spent 25 min. producing a post on Joes site and wham he deleted the whole HI section However, I spoke with him and he made me feel better. I found out that not one person from NACHI other than myself had posted on his site So, I do not blame him for deleting the thread. He informed me that he is always there to answer questions that we might have. So, PM away.
I will say it one more time. Please wear at the very least some good dry leather gloves and a pair of safety glasses when pulling the dead front on a panel.
It would be better to wear some 00 Sparky gloves
To me it is like a 4 way stop. First wreck they put up a stop sign. First death they put up controlled lights.
Safety first!!
I am done.
-- I have put the past behind me,
where , however, it now sits, making rude remarks.