Remember the picture of the floating (Joy?) soap bottle with the receptacle in it. Anybody have the location of this pic? I know it's in the archives here someplace.

That picture belongs to Joe Tedesco.

The bottle was used to plug in a TV set that was in an innertube, which was in a swimming pool.

The Darwin candidates would float around in the pool in their innertubes, and watch the floating TV.

Joe's e-mail address is currently not listed in his memmber profile, but he can be reached at JoeTedesco@JoeTedesco.org.

https://www.electrical-contractor.net/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000332.html


It is the first story covered in the article. If you e-mail Joe he can get you a better pic though.

That photo was definitely a "Hall of Famer" if ever there was one. BTW, was that the same location with the light rope around the inside wall of the above-ground pool? Or maybe they're just kin...and both sterile I hope.
Andy

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I really should apply for a patent and start marketing these things

Here's a thread about it:
https://www.electrical-contractor.net/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000450.html

I always assumed it was a joke.
That thing would be boiling in pool water. It might even operate the O/C device

Thanks all

I still have that soap bottle image and will repost it soon.

What about a 230 volt hair dryer locate permanently in a dresser drawer?

I found one in London recently!

How can I get that picture posted here?

Joe, you can use the link here:

https://www.electrical-contractor.n...lectrical_Photos_com_Website_#Post183396

to load it on to ECN's server and then link it to your post.

Thank you Sir! Roger That! Good Copy!

Here it is a 230 volt hair dryer in a drawer in London!

Here it is!



It is in my album here on this site. Look for "The Nail"

Maybe Greg can remember the story behind that handle during the Prodigy days gone by with discussions with the "Secret Society of Electricians"

I installed a receptacle in the back of a drawer for a homeowner who did not want to unplug her hair dryer/curling iron. Used a length of armorflex to make the jump from the junction box in the wall to the box in the back of the drawer. Actually a prety neat installation, not one I would do/want in my house, but to each his/her own.

If we "were" allowed to do that we would have to have an interlock on the drawer.

Something's wrong here. The Joe I know looks like this



... But I have known him a while. He taught me everything in the NEC ... it was only one page then.