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Re: Tractor Fire!!!!!
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Posted by Hal/WA on February 07, 2004 at 23:55:14 from (216.64.132.180):
In Reply to: Tractor Fire!!!!! posted by Poor So. IL. Farmer on February 07, 2004 at 22:54:00:
I think your neighbor should check out why the heater shorting out did not trip the breaker or blow the fuse in the circuit that was supplying electricity to that heater and allowed a fire to start. I suspect that there might be a bad breaker or too large a fuse on that circuit, which could continue to be dangerous to your neighbor's property. The old, repaired cord to one of my heaters went bad in the socket of the heater on one of my tractors. It smoked the end of the cord and immediately blew the 20 amp fuse in the circuit. I replaced the whole heater because I could not find a replacement cord that fit exactly and the previous repair had been on the female end of the cord where it plugged into the heater. The heater itself was not damaged, just the cord. When the problem happened, it just caused a little puff of smoke and damaged the end of the cord because the fuse blew like it was supposed to, protecting the heater and tractor from further damage. Having a heater on a timer will save some electricity over just heating the coolant all the time. But you have to use a timer that is capacity rated at at least the wattage of your heater, or you might have problems with the timer. I suppose adding a breaker might be a good idea, but you would probably need to find one that small in an elecronics supply business. On the other hand, it would probably be easier to add a fuse. Good luck!
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