What should I buy for an outdoor 120 VAC electical connection that requires breakaway capability? The connector will be exposed to rain and even occasional snow. Hopefully there is a solution that isn't too expensive.
An ordinary plug?
You do realize this is Usenet, not a web forum?
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What a shame, that people can't enjoy the rich, fulfilling experience of usenet.
. Christ> I suspect that poster has no idea where he's posting. I looked at that
I too want you to know that you're in Usenet, which is easier to read with a free news reader.
As you your question, I've never heard of breakaway capability for a plug. Can you give more details. How you will be using it. Why you think you need something special.
I have an extension cord that I use for the electric lawnmower, and the weed wacker, and occasionally a drill or electric chain saw,, that I used to fold up and store inside, But for the last 20 years or so, I just leave it outside, on the grass. I do make a point to pick it up a foot from the end, until most of any water has drained off of it, because it lies right in the middle of the grass, and it is on a ground fault circut breaker, but that has only tripped once in 30 years. I"m pretty sure I've left the cord t here all winter several years too and it alwasys snows at least a little during the winter, sometimes serveral inches at a time.
Actually for the last few years I've also had a 6 or 8 foot indoor extension cord plugged in outside too. The receptacle its plugged into is under an overhang and may not get wet, but the other end lies on the dirt away from the house, and it gets rained on. It's never tripped the GFCI either. which it would if any current, as little as
6ma., from the hot connector were going to ground and not going to neutral. .I'm not going so far as to recommend you live like me, but I do want to know what about your situation makes you need somthing special, and what you mean by breakaway.
Stormin Mormon submitted this idea :
Maybe they could if YOU would stop TOP posting :-?
Says the guy that top posts.
Maybe the poster refuses to post in usenet?
How does it make reading a thread easier?
Take this response as an example. When you opened this post you were able to read what you posted and then continued reading and read my response. When you bottom-post your reply to my response, anyone coming along later will be able to read the comments in order, just like reading any other printed page.
When you top post the reader has to go looking for context by scrolling downward to find the comment that you are responding to, then scrolling back upwards in order understand your response.
Do you text? Do the new texts end up above the old ones? Do you ever use on-line chat? Do the new chat responses end up above the old ones? Ever watch a TV court stenographer read back testimony? Does she start at the bottom of her notes and move upwards for each response?
The answer is "No" in all cases because it's harder to follow a written conversation in reverse order. The normal flow of reading a printed page is to start at the top and read downwards with the new information following the old, giving the reader the ability to understand the context of the new by being familiar with the old.
Per DerbyDad03:
If people were more selective with what they quoted, I'd say bottom posting rules. But they aren't and they are not going to change - so I prefer to read top-posted messages.
Same with me. Many will have about a page of quote and only one new line at the bottom. Probably the beter way of doing it is for the first response to be bottom posted and the next ones top posted.
So when you post, snip all that extra text .
I hate trying to read top posting. The posters need to repeat all the relevant facts from all the previous posters and they never do, so often I just skip their posts.
Hey, if you are going to pontificate on people being selective with what they quoted, how about you follow your own advice?
You snipped just about everything from the previous post and attributed what Ashton said to me.
Now it looks like I am the one that likes top posting when, in fact, the exact opposite is true. Your snipping/quoting error is now out on usenet forever.
Nice move.
I got tired of scrolling down to read a reply so I don't do it. If people are too stupid to trim a post, I have no interest in what they have to say.
Ashton Crusher explained on 7/08/2013 :
I suppose you like driving on the wrong side of the road too. Bottom Posting has always been the Usenet Way. :-@
It is interesting that all except Stormin Normin are very rare or never posters of anything. :-?
True.
And we still don't know what a breakaway plug is from the OP's pov.
Well, I found one for DC but I didn't look for AC.
Would it possibly be something for an RV or camper?
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