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Re: Strip: Heating work area for fiberglassing
By:Les Cheeseman
Date: 11/17/2010, 10:28 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Heating work area for fiberglassing (Dan Caouette (CSFW))

: Also: the little portable heaters don't like to be on extension
: cords. I have a small one that I use in the chicken coop to keep
: the girls warm. I used it in the shop a few times on a 12ga x
: 25' cord on a 20 amp circuit to help post-cure some laminations.
: After an hour, the cord was almost too hot to touch.

Dan , sounds like you need to invest in a heavy duty extension lead, the wire in yours is obviously too thin for continuous heavy load current. Also if you are using an extension lead on contiuous load, make sure that you unwind all of the coils, otherwise the induction current induced in the coils will rapidly heat it up to melt down. How do I know!!!!?
Les C.

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Strip: Heating work area for fiberglassing
Stephen Troy -- 11/16/2010, 11:12 am
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Paul G.Jacobson -- 11/28/2010, 3:32 am
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Mark Rakestraw -- 11/16/2010, 1:19 pm
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Stephen Troy -- 11/17/2010, 1:47 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/17/2010, 7:48 am
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Stephen Troy -- 11/17/2010, 1:03 pm
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Mark -- 11/18/2010, 12:01 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/18/2010, 1:26 am
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Al Edie -- 11/18/2010, 12:21 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/19/2010, 12:49 am
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PatrickC -- 11/21/2010, 5:59 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/22/2010, 12:40 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/22/2010, 12:42 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/18/2010, 1:36 pm
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Pat MacDonald -- 11/17/2010, 8:58 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 11/17/2010, 9:17 am
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Ancient Kayaker -- 11/20/2010, 11:57 am
Re: Strip: Heating work area for fiberglassing *PIC*
Farback -- 11/20/2010, 12:45 pm
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Les Cheeseman -- 11/17/2010, 10:28 am
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Mike Savage -- 11/17/2010, 5:05 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/17/2010, 9:05 am
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Kurt Maurer -- 11/16/2010, 6:17 pm
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Darel -- 11/16/2010, 8:29 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/16/2010, 8:41 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/16/2010, 12:08 pm
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Stephen Troy -- 11/16/2010, 12:20 pm