Got a troubleshooting call today:

"My Ground Fault Outlet started beeping, then it tripped after a little puff of smoke came out..."

Beeping?!?!?!

A standard Leviton 6599I 15A 125V with 20A feedthru... Not even the new LED trip indicator light...

Beeping?!?!?!?

I dissected the Receptacle after the report of smoke, to find no heat damage but...

I found some cobwebs and two "meal worm" carcasses... one crispy fried...

Do "meal worms" beep before they die?

Beeping?!?!?!

'66

Ya got me!!

But that's the best laugh I've had today!

Al

Hello from Colorado!!!!!!

You know that all electrical devices have a certain amount of smoke built into them, and when all the smoke escapes it is time to replace it!!!!! ha,ha,ha!!!

Hello from Colorado!!!!!!

You know that all electrical devices have a certain amount of smoke built into them, and when all the smoke escapes it is time to replace it!!!!! ha,ha,ha!!!

'66, my wife says that if you have meal worms in your flour and accidentally throw them in a hot pan, they make a small screeching sound as they fry!!

:-) JON

Maybe your customer was trying to describe an arcing sound, or even the buzzing of a magnetic trip on the verge of operating???

Yeah, I know we'd never think that either of those sounds could remotely be described as "beeping," but I've found plenty of people who use descriptive words like that in bizarre ways!

Yes!! I have some mealworms left from fishing, just threw a couple in a hot pan.
More like the squeak a lobster makes when thrown in boiling water. Got to go clean it up before my wife catches me

electure, you're mean
would your local SPCA have something to say about this?

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Cindy
Actually it no worse than drowning worms for fishing. Heck I catch flies all the time for fishing, they just dont wanna stay on the hook.

Thanks for the replies and experiments!

At least I'm not going crazy...

electure,

You going Ice Fishing out there? It's starting to get pretty cool around here lately.

A local radio station played an April fools day prank last year I think, where they told everyone to unplug their Telephones and cover the Jacks because the Telco was going to be cleaning out their lines and you didn't want the dust coming out. They had people calling in from cell phones asking things like "is the bird going to be OK in that room?" Good Stuff !!

Bill

njelectricmaster,
Your comment about smoke being built into receps reminded me of an explanation I once got on light bulbs. Light bulbs should not be called light bulbs, they should be called "dark suckers". They suck up darkness in a room. That explains why light bulbs often appear blackened on the inside after they do not work anymore. They simply sucked up so much darkness they cannot hold anymore. therefore they quit woking.

LOL No ice on either the lakes or the Pacific Ocean yet, Bill.(a little snow between here and Nick's place,lows in the high '40s, & I've still got tomatoes growing) The kids love to catch bluegill (or bream to some of you), and the fish love these worms.
Cindy, please don't call PETA on me. (I actually heard someone from PETA on the radio saying that the increased reports of shark attacks last summer were because the sharks were "mad" at us).

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