Geez I'm Stupid

Submitted: Sunday, Jan 16, 2005 at 17:23
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If it wasn't for circuit breakers I'd have a smouldering heap sitting in the driveway rather than a Terracan (no jokes about that being an improvement).

Came home from an overnighter in the bush and when I lifted the fridge out of the back I forgot to unplug it from the aux battery (in the back of the car) and it got wrenched out as I removed the fridge. Got it inside and checked the Hella/Waeco plug only to find the little protruding bit missing (it had snapped off). I then went looking for it in the back of the car and eventually found it inside the female plug on the battery box. As I tried to fish it out lots of sparks. Had the circuit breaker not been there it would have shorted the minute it snapped off and by the time I went looking for the bit, the car would have been on fire.

Moral of the story is ALWAYS fit a circuit breaker or fuse.

I'm putting my book about me on hold for the time being.

Cheers,

Jim.
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