Purchasing replacement electrical connectors?
08-27-2006, 05:30 PM
#41
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Re: Purchasing replacement electrical connectors?
Lee Ayrton said....
> Nick ------ wrote:
<SNIP>
> Just a note here: Water is much maligned and feared but is actually a
> ****-poor conductor of electricity, especially at the voltage levels
> present in automobiles. One is much more likely to have problem with
> corrosion following exposure to water than for the water to actively
> short circuit power to ground (if it did, it would quickly heat up and
> vaporize, eliminating the problem). Corrosion on the other hand causes
> resistance, resistance causes heat, heat melts plastic and causes fires.
>
> It is different in electronics where your are dealing with tiny effects,
> or in high voltage where you have a better chance of generating an arc,
> but in low-voltage general power-carrying circuits water isn't an
> immediate problem.
>
>
>
>
You are correct, however.....
1) Salt water is a conductor.
2) Dirt in the water can be a conductor.
--
Dale Beckett
> Nick ------ wrote:
<SNIP>
> Just a note here: Water is much maligned and feared but is actually a
> ****-poor conductor of electricity, especially at the voltage levels
> present in automobiles. One is much more likely to have problem with
> corrosion following exposure to water than for the water to actively
> short circuit power to ground (if it did, it would quickly heat up and
> vaporize, eliminating the problem). Corrosion on the other hand causes
> resistance, resistance causes heat, heat melts plastic and causes fires.
>
> It is different in electronics where your are dealing with tiny effects,
> or in high voltage where you have a better chance of generating an arc,
> but in low-voltage general power-carrying circuits water isn't an
> immediate problem.
>
>
>
>
You are correct, however.....
1) Salt water is a conductor.
2) Dirt in the water can be a conductor.
--
Dale Beckett
08-29-2006, 12:01 AM
#42
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Re: Purchasing replacement electrical connectors?
Agreed. Actually, my theory is that the heater speed switch shorted
(mechanical malfunction) and melted. The heat traveled to the
connector, which was also melted.
Lee Ayrton wrote:
> Just a note here: Water is much maligned and feared but is actually a
> ****-poor conductor of electricity, especially at the voltage levels
> present in automobiles. One is much more likely to have problem with
> corrosion following exposure to water than for the water to actively
> short circuit power to ground (if it did, it would quickly heat up and
> vaporize, eliminating the problem). Corrosion on the other hand causes
> resistance, resistance causes heat, heat melts plastic and causes fires.
>
> It is different in electronics where your are dealing with tiny effects,
> or in high voltage where you have a better chance of generating an arc,
> but in low-voltage general power-carrying circuits water isn't an
> immediate problem.
(mechanical malfunction) and melted. The heat traveled to the
connector, which was also melted.
Lee Ayrton wrote:
> Just a note here: Water is much maligned and feared but is actually a
> ****-poor conductor of electricity, especially at the voltage levels
> present in automobiles. One is much more likely to have problem with
> corrosion following exposure to water than for the water to actively
> short circuit power to ground (if it did, it would quickly heat up and
> vaporize, eliminating the problem). Corrosion on the other hand causes
> resistance, resistance causes heat, heat melts plastic and causes fires.
>
> It is different in electronics where your are dealing with tiny effects,
> or in high voltage where you have a better chance of generating an arc,
> but in low-voltage general power-carrying circuits water isn't an
> immediate problem.
08-29-2006, 12:01 AM
#43
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Re: Purchasing replacement electrical connectors?
Agreed. Actually, my theory is that the heater speed switch shorted
(mechanical malfunction) and melted. The heat traveled to the
connector, which was also melted.
Lee Ayrton wrote:
> Just a note here: Water is much maligned and feared but is actually a
> ****-poor conductor of electricity, especially at the voltage levels
> present in automobiles. One is much more likely to have problem with
> corrosion following exposure to water than for the water to actively
> short circuit power to ground (if it did, it would quickly heat up and
> vaporize, eliminating the problem). Corrosion on the other hand causes
> resistance, resistance causes heat, heat melts plastic and causes fires.
>
> It is different in electronics where your are dealing with tiny effects,
> or in high voltage where you have a better chance of generating an arc,
> but in low-voltage general power-carrying circuits water isn't an
> immediate problem.
(mechanical malfunction) and melted. The heat traveled to the
connector, which was also melted.
Lee Ayrton wrote:
> Just a note here: Water is much maligned and feared but is actually a
> ****-poor conductor of electricity, especially at the voltage levels
> present in automobiles. One is much more likely to have problem with
> corrosion following exposure to water than for the water to actively
> short circuit power to ground (if it did, it would quickly heat up and
> vaporize, eliminating the problem). Corrosion on the other hand causes
> resistance, resistance causes heat, heat melts plastic and causes fires.
>
> It is different in electronics where your are dealing with tiny effects,
> or in high voltage where you have a better chance of generating an arc,
> but in low-voltage general power-carrying circuits water isn't an
> immediate problem.
08-29-2006, 12:01 AM
#44
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Posts: n/a
Re: Purchasing replacement electrical connectors?
Agreed. Actually, my theory is that the heater speed switch shorted
(mechanical malfunction) and melted. The heat traveled to the
connector, which was also melted.
Lee Ayrton wrote:
> Just a note here: Water is much maligned and feared but is actually a
> ****-poor conductor of electricity, especially at the voltage levels
> present in automobiles. One is much more likely to have problem with
> corrosion following exposure to water than for the water to actively
> short circuit power to ground (if it did, it would quickly heat up and
> vaporize, eliminating the problem). Corrosion on the other hand causes
> resistance, resistance causes heat, heat melts plastic and causes fires.
>
> It is different in electronics where your are dealing with tiny effects,
> or in high voltage where you have a better chance of generating an arc,
> but in low-voltage general power-carrying circuits water isn't an
> immediate problem.
(mechanical malfunction) and melted. The heat traveled to the
connector, which was also melted.
Lee Ayrton wrote:
> Just a note here: Water is much maligned and feared but is actually a
> ****-poor conductor of electricity, especially at the voltage levels
> present in automobiles. One is much more likely to have problem with
> corrosion following exposure to water than for the water to actively
> short circuit power to ground (if it did, it would quickly heat up and
> vaporize, eliminating the problem). Corrosion on the other hand causes
> resistance, resistance causes heat, heat melts plastic and causes fires.
>
> It is different in electronics where your are dealing with tiny effects,
> or in high voltage where you have a better chance of generating an arc,
> but in low-voltage general power-carrying circuits water isn't an
> immediate problem.
08-29-2006, 12:01 AM
#45
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Posts: n/a
Re: Purchasing replacement electrical connectors?
Agreed. Actually, my theory is that the heater speed switch shorted
(mechanical malfunction) and melted. The heat traveled to the
connector, which was also melted.
Lee Ayrton wrote:
> Just a note here: Water is much maligned and feared but is actually a
> ****-poor conductor of electricity, especially at the voltage levels
> present in automobiles. One is much more likely to have problem with
> corrosion following exposure to water than for the water to actively
> short circuit power to ground (if it did, it would quickly heat up and
> vaporize, eliminating the problem). Corrosion on the other hand causes
> resistance, resistance causes heat, heat melts plastic and causes fires.
>
> It is different in electronics where your are dealing with tiny effects,
> or in high voltage where you have a better chance of generating an arc,
> but in low-voltage general power-carrying circuits water isn't an
> immediate problem.
(mechanical malfunction) and melted. The heat traveled to the
connector, which was also melted.
Lee Ayrton wrote:
> Just a note here: Water is much maligned and feared but is actually a
> ****-poor conductor of electricity, especially at the voltage levels
> present in automobiles. One is much more likely to have problem with
> corrosion following exposure to water than for the water to actively
> short circuit power to ground (if it did, it would quickly heat up and
> vaporize, eliminating the problem). Corrosion on the other hand causes
> resistance, resistance causes heat, heat melts plastic and causes fires.
>
> It is different in electronics where your are dealing with tiny effects,
> or in high voltage where you have a better chance of generating an arc,
> but in low-voltage general power-carrying circuits water isn't an
> immediate problem.
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