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[atgreene]

Tried the WD 40 thing. Works well. Thanks for the idea. Watched the plow on You tube. That looks like an old 16mm film?

Nope, cheap digital camera last year. Have a flip now, will post one from yesterday shortly.

 

[mffarmall]

Keep that cam. It has a nice effect for 16 and super 8 from the 70's. The only bad thing was that I was looking at sports ill when the wife walked in. I got in trouble.

 

[greg_g]

If you have a 15amp outlet it might be because you have to much power draw...

A 110v hose heater rated at 600 watts only pulls ~5 amps, no surge. To trip that fast, the circuit from which the heater draws would have to be loaded close to capacity already. My money's on a defective heater or heater cord.

//greg//

 

[mffarmall]

I thought he was saying that his breaker in the outlet was going off. So if he has 11 amps on before he starts the heater. It will trip the breaker. But if the heater is the problem. I know what wire your talking about. I touched it a few days ago.

 

[mffarmall]

I found my reciept under a rock out side for mine. So in the morning I will be taken and replacing my broken one. I just hope my ruber does not tear anymore. Not sure why it was out side. But really it's not the strangest thing I've done.

 

[greg_g]

. So if he has 11 amps on before he starts the heater. It will trip the breaker..

Naw, doesn't work quite that fast. Overloads cause heat, heat trips breakers. It takes a while for enough heat to build up to trip one. But a direct short will cause a breaker to trip instantaneously.

Besides, there aren't (or shouldn't be) many normal household circuits that pull near-capacity amperage full time. Your suggested 15A circuit for example; if it was already loaded with 11A as you suggest, that's the equivalent of nearly 22 sixty watt light bulbs burning simultaneously.

I like your filing system. I had a neighbor that found his tools that way. As long as he remembered where he used it last, that's where he'd find it the next time he needed it. And if following the instructions on cord placement stuck it out where it could catch on something, just install the replacement using your own common sense. Protect the cord.

//greg//

 

[mffarmall]

just install the replacement using your own common sense. Protect the cord.
//greg//

I get the cord part. But it's the common sense thing that usually gets me into trouble.

 

[mffarmall]

I replaced the first lower heater with an exact exchange. Worked well for about two weeks. Then stopped working. I took off the red cap and found water inside it. So I went to the store and got a magnetic one. I figure second best that works is better then best not working.

 

[valley]

mffarmall, Greetings Colorado. I put a Kats on the lower hose, from auto supply, and Love it. Takes about an hour.
How's the weather there? This is what I found this morning. Had to wade out to hook up the heater.

 

[Diamondpilot]

I replaced the first lower heater with an exact exchange. Worked well for about two weeks. Then stopped working. I took off the red cap and found water inside it. So I went to the store and got a magnetic one. I figure second best that works is better then best not working.

I take it you leave your tractor out in the weather? If so why not just seal it up with some RTV? The mag heater is a joke, been there done that. It would not heat up a cup of coffee in August.

Chris