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Winged_One
Explorer
Jul 30, 2015

Electrical cord wrapped in a circle cause problems?

Several weeks back was at a private campground. The owner and another fellow were trying to work out a lack of ground on their 50 amp connection (this really is neither here nor there). Anyway, th...
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pnichols
Explorer II
Aug 01, 2015
You guys are good.

It was galvanic reaction between two pins of one of the connectors on one end. As I slowly withdrew one of the pins causing it, the voltage between it and one of the adjoining pins slowly declined. This fiasco held up a $$$$ rocket engine test until I found it and had the crew replace the missile instrumentation cable before proceeding with the countdown!

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