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Daily Press has the rest of the story... ![[Linked Image]](https://www.electrical-contractor.net/ubb/eek.gif)
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If the chandelier fell, its weight would cause it to go through the marble floor into the basement cafeteria, Burgess said.
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until state workers can replace a cable and electrical wiring on its two-ton chandelier TWO TONS!!??!! That's about 500 lb. heavier than my old Pontiac!
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Traditionally, the chandelier is lowered only once every four years for gubernatorial inaugurations
Leave it to our Government to spend" who knows how much" on a 4000lb light fixture to use once every 4 years.What a waste! [This message has been edited by txsparky (edited 11-25-2002).]
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Donnie, the Capitol also has a gold-plated dome, which was plated during some of the roughest financial times for West Virginians, back when we were enjoying unemployment rates of up to 10%. I guess the gold-leaf guy got a job.
I believe the Gov (Arch Moore) at that time is now in prison for various frauds.
Sigh.
[This message has been edited by sparky66wv (edited 11-25-2002).]
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"An electrical arc, or short, crimped the cable, said Deputy General Services Director Jim Burgess. " ======== I wanna know how an "arc" or a "short" can crimp a cable??? ![[Linked Image]](https://www.electrical-contractor.net/ubb/tongue.gif)
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My wife ("Tiffany Sparks") aka Carol, said the same thing! I doubt the journalist and the director were any more mechanically minded than I am grammatically correct! ![[Linked Image]](https://www.electrical-contractor.net/ubb/biggrin.gif) [This message has been edited by sparky66wv (edited 11-25-2002).]
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I wanna know how an "arc" or a "short" can crimp a cable???
Easy. Take an electrical cable and saw through the insulation with a piece of wire rope. Aim for the hot wire as you cut. The cable becomes an plasma cutter for long enough to destroy the wire rope. I have seen wire rope saw through an 8" steel I beam.
Don't try this at home.
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crimp : to cause to become wavy, bent, or pinched: as a : to form (leather) into a desired shape b : to give (synthetic fibers) a curl or wave like that of natural fibers c : to pinch or press together (as the margins of a pie crust) in order to seal.
I can see how an arc can cut, burn, melt, or otherwise seperate a cable, but NOT crimp.
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