Lost Electricity

[Don Klipstein]

A 1 amp leak is unusual - and serious. That is 120 watts. If there is an actual 1 amp leak, most of that 120 watts of heat will probably be being generated in a small localized area - maybe carbonizing or burning up insulation somewhere.

A 1 amp leak through water will almost certainly cause some serious electrolytic corrosion.

If you find such an animal as a 1 amp leak, find where it is occurring, and repair it before you have a fire. I expect there to be damage and maybe smoke.

- Don Klipstein ( [e-mail])

[Mike]

If it's not a bad meter reading then that is the prime culprit, the thermostat is stuck 'on'

[Tekkie®]

ransley posted for all of us...

Ok ransley the circuit overloads have overloaded your brain you putz.

[Windsun]

Being coiled has nothing at all to do with getting hot, it is merely that more heat is concentrated in that area. Heat comes from resistance, and at

60 Hz that is the ONLY factor.

[Solar Flare]

Voltage, current doesn't count then. I wonder how DC can heat up a connection then.

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[Windsun]

Uhm... maybe from resistance at the connection?

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[Solar Flare]

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"Heat comes from resistance, and at 60 Hz that is the ONLY factor."

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[bud--]

Windsun said that coiled cord gets hot from resistance, not electromagnetic effects. You don't understand what was said.

[Solar Flare]

IF you can't read then that's OK too.

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[CJT]

Then there are some people who try to read everything literally, ignoring the obvious, if imprecise, meaning in context.