Questions Of The Week June 27

Welcome To Questions of The Week!

A member of the Awards Committee will post questions, at a random day/time.

Members may make one post per question thread to answer the questions, and the member’s winning entry must have all parts of the questions answered completely in that one post.

No editing is allowed and INELIGIBLE members will be disqualified .

First correct answers (as judged by the Awards Committee or Poster of the Questions) wins.

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** Case of books “Now That You’ve Had A Home Inspection”

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  1. A concrete floor in a basement is ____________.
    a) always installed with rigid insulation underneath it
    b) not considered a structural component of the house
    c) not in danger of cracking
    d) usually 1/2-inch thick

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2) A chimney top should be at least _____ above the roof and _____ higher than anything within _____ feet.

a) 10… 3… 2
b) 2… 10… 3
c) 3… 10… 2
d) 3… 2… 10

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3) What the heck are these?

7777777777

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4) What piece of construction equipment shares its name with a bird?

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5) OH BOY… ! … This thread motivated me to make a question from it.
It was created approx 9 hours ago, has 71 replies.
Why Is The Earth Pin Longer In 3-Pin Plugs?

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WHO sang this on what song?
I think it’s a hard one, but we’ll see.
Why can’t you say goodnight?

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Thanks Marc.

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Great questions, Marc.

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1 - b
2 - b
3 - mortar pointers
4 - crane
5 - to make contact first so that unwanted charges be removed

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Great questions, Marc. :slight_smile:

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Nice Job Marc!

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Great questions Marc.

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  1. B
  2. D
  3. Corn huskers
  4. Crane
  5. The earth pin would be the first in contact with the circuit, protecting the user.
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These are great questions Marc!

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all of the above !

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NObody is guessing the song.
Guess I will give it a try again.

  1. B
  2. B
  3. Lot of 5 Primitive antique corn husking hand tools, known as pegs or hooks
  4. Crane
  5. To be first in and last out to prevent getting shocked
    And you didn’t even bring up the orientation of the plug. Ground up or down.
    Tony Basil “Mickey”
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Nice questions Marc !!

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Congrats to William Forrest.

Jim got my music extra, didn’t think anyone would. YEA JIM!

  1. A concrete floor in a basement is ____________.
    a) always installed with rigid insulation underneath it
    b) not considered a structural component of the house
    c) not in danger of cracking
    d) usually 1/2-inch thick
    B
    InterNACHI® - International Association of Certified Home Inspectors

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2) A chimney top should be at least _____ above the roof and _____ higher than anything within _____ feet.

a) 10… 3… 2
b) 2… 10… 3
c) 3… 10… 2
d) 3… 2… 10
D

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3) What the heck are these?

image

corn-husking-pegs

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4) What piece of construction equipment shares its name with a bird?
Crane

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5) OH BOY… ! … This thread motivated me to make a question from it.
It was created approx 9 hours ago, has 73 replies.
Why Is The Earth Pin Longer In 3-Pin Plugs?

The earth pin should be the first to connect and the last to disconnect with electric supply. This is why earth pin is longer than the live and neutral pin on 3-pin plugins. Below are the the reason to do so,

When we insert a 3-pin plugin into a 3-pin socket, the earth pin is the first to make a contact with the socket as compared to the Live and Neutral Pins.

  • The earth pin is the last to disconnect from the socket when removing the plug from the socket. i.e. Line and Neutral disconnect first and then the earth pin.*

This way, earthing is well maintained during the operation for proper safety and protection. Now we know this is why the earth pin is longer as compared to Line and Neutral Pin on a three pin plug.

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WHO sang this on what song?
I think it’s a hard one, but we’ll see.
Why can’t you say goodnight?
Toni Basil “Hey Mickey”
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Thanks Marc!
Always enjoy the questions of the week.

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Congratulations William Forrest.

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WTG, @wforrest. :slight_smile: :+1:

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Great Job Bill!

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@mgoldenberg
@wforrest
Great questions and congrats.

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WTG William !!

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Congratulations William!

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