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Only the unrepeatable names it might get called by someone getting 208 when he was expecting 120V!

I'd certainly never heard of the 4-w delta arrangement until I started getting interested in American wiring.


I wonder why not blue-orange-black, i.e. just replace the red with orange? I would have thought it would have been easier to distinguish between the colors when working in some dark corner.

Completely off-topic: I happened to catch a radio show here a few days ago which included a visit to the Broken Spoke dance hall in Austin. It had me wanting to be there......

Yeah, that tends to drive out the magic smoke!


Ah yes, the Spoke... been awhile since I've been there. Caught Don Walser there a couple of times, that's his regular gig. My dad tells how he used to go there in his college days and see Willie Nelson, back when he was unknown. Great chicken-fried steak!

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Who is Willie Nelson?

Yep, just to hear them talking about the food had my mouth watering.

Quite a few country singers made some great records before they became famous. I have some of Waylon Jennings' early records from before he became well-known -- Great rock-country versions of classics like Big Mamou, White Lightning, and Sally Was A Good Old Girl.



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