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Old 8/15/07, 11:57 AM
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Default Round and Round-----

-----it goes, where it stops nobody knows
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-----it goes, where it stops nobody knows
Now that's what I call a "quick disconnect"
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I call it a "switch". They should patent that idea.
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I'll bet there is an interesting story there somewhere - I'd love to hear it.
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the ankle bone is connected to the thigh bone...

That is an awesome picture!!!
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Looks like a closed circuit.
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Old 8/15/07, 3:48 PM
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With electricity prices so high these it makes perfect sense to recycle electricity too
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My son(5) plugged a power strip into itself. He was happy with himself, but not after my lecture about obeying the Laws of Thermodynamics!

Not in my house, not on my watch!
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Old 8/15/07, 6:34 PM
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This was a TV episode on a DIY project. How you can save money by recycling electricity.

[edit] OOPS,... looks like Paul seen the same show,... lol



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Old 8/15/07, 7:52 PM
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looks like Paul seen the same show,... lol
check this video out. http://www.nachi.org/forum/f19/video-spoof-electricity-17617/
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I'll bet someone rigged it up to disable the doorbell for day sleeping.
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Why not just buy an octagon plate with a snap switch. It is cheaper than that cord receptacle.
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Default Re: Round and Round-----

So-----unplugging the little loop turned the furnace off (directly below). Odder than the loop itself was the perfectly functional switch on the side of the furnace.
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I thought they might be storing the current in a super conducting loop. You know, like a flywheel.
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