[Johnson] Fused Line Cord Plugs - Roy's diatribe

[Ray, W2EC]

I'm not disagreeing that retaining the 2 fuse plug is dangerous.

But it's my opinion that Roy carries his concern to the degree of paranoia.

Yes it is dangerous. But far more people die from car accidents, falls
in the home, slips on ice, etc. Statistically, being killed from a
failed fuse in the dual fuse plug system ranks way low on the scale.
Might be better to expend the energy on advocating we all give up
driving, flying, walking, eating (seen how many people die from tainted
food over the last few years?) as it would probably save more lives :-)

However Roy has his pet project and I agree with his concern over the
danger.

73, Ray  W2EC



Roy Morgan wrote:

 > At 04:00 PM 1/8/04 -0800, Cal. N6KYR wrote:
 >
 >> Hi Roy and Co:
 >> Has there been an actual recorded incident of someone getting "capped"
 >> using the 2 wire fused plug?
 >
 >
 > Not that I know of.  Likely very few widows have kept on with the
 > deceased ham's mailing lists.  (But plenty of fellows have had "hot
 > chassis" from the old method of line bypassing.)