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This Dog won’t Hunt

Sunday, January 2nd, 2011

I write this and wonder how many of you have heard this phrase and know the real meaning of it. Sitting around the campfire talking about a coon hunt and how your dogs performed through the night.
One person is unusually subdued in his conversation and silent. He  knows his dogs did not do their job. His friends are jokingly poking him.
This surly comment is also used to describe a poor performer in other areas. A bad idea, or sometimes just to express disgust with something that won’t work properly.

Push too hard and see what happens

 When the weather is really really cold, your electrical equipment will fail just like a  tired and hungry dog  that will stop and lay down from fatigue. But this failure will lead to a cold and dark house.

Our electrical equipment is designed to work only so hard and if the temperature stays too cold or too hot for days, there will be a failure. This is when you count on your heating system most.  This can be tragic too, because unsafe installations from a homeowner or an untrained worker  installing  electrical devices or modifying  your wiring in an unsafe manner can  result in  a fire.
When your breaker panel or associated wiring fail, the cost is very high. Also, the failure is usually at night and there may be after hours fees and weekend inspection fees.
If your home is without  heat for too long, your water pipes can freeze and this really gets expensive.
These are indicators of a coming failure.
  1. Your home has a Federal Pacific breaker panel.
  2. You hear buzzing from the wiring when the heat or A/C comes on.
  3. Your lights flicker and dim when you operate the heat or turn on a stove or dryer.
  4. You smell burning material near the breaker panel. ( the outside temp is very hot or cold)

Call if you suspect these things may be happening at your home or office. They are warning signs of a coming failure. Many times a wire can be replaced before the failure is catastrophic and also very costly.

 

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