[AMRadio] Happy New Year

[Jim Wilhite]

Along this line, I wonder what was it supplying.  One cord looks quite 
large.

It is going to be a great year.

73,

Jim
W5JO

On 1/1/2026 12:12 PM, John Lyles wrote:
> That's an awful ending for a surge suppressor failure. I wonder if the 
> plastic strip was UL at some point in its development? It could be 
> that the MOV device was underrated or the wrong one got installed and 
> ran close to its avalanche voltage, which would make it run hot. Or 
> more likely it was loose blades in the outlets themselves that caused 
> one plug that was carrying current to get too hot, and melted plastic 
> that then caused a cascade of failures. I have one plastic strip in 
> our kitchen right now that has one outlet that doesn't grab the prongs 
> of a normal AC plug. I am going to tape over it right now.
>
> Happy New Year all, 2026 it is!
>
> 73
>
> John K5PRO in NM
>
>
>> Message: 1
>> Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2026 13:11:18 +0000 (UTC)
>> From: CL in NC <mjcal77 at yahoo.com>
>> To: amphone <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
>> Subject: [AMRadio] Happy New Year
>>
>>
>> Happy New Year to all those in the AM community.
>>
>> I got an email from another friend who had a link to this guy: 
>> https://www.qrz.com/db/W7UUU
>> While I am not a modern gear fellow,  be sure to check it out because 
>> of  the reason for his man cave/ham shack fire.  Double check where 
>> your plastic encased power strip/surge suppressor is located.
>>
>> Charlie, W4MEC in NC
>>
>>
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