Re: Tractor Fire!!!!!

Posted by Jon H on February 08, 2004 at 10:59:55 from (69.26.17.66):

In Reply to: Tractor Fire!!!!! posted by Poor So. IL. Farmer on February 07, 2004 at 22:54:00:

A little light went on in my head when it was explaned to me that the 20 amp breaker in the box is there to protect the wire between the breaker box and the plug in,not the appliance or it's sometimes small wire guage cord. One time you might plug in a larger appliance that draws 15 amps,and the next time it might be a small one that draws only 4 amps with the motor seized and about to go up in flames. As I was told in the same story,too large a fuse is the same as no fuse at all. It seems almost criminal to me that every appliance is not required to have its own properly sized fuse or breaker perferibly in the plug itself. Another thing that bothers me is big coolant heaters using a standard light duty 120V plug. I have had situations where the heater on the tractor plug has been out in the weather and has some oxide on the blades and is plugged into a well used extension cord that no longer grips the plug blades as tightly as they once did. I have come back to unplug one of these after a few hours to overnight and found the plug and ex cord end so hot you could hardly touch them. sure looks like a fire looking to happen.

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