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

[Gary Schafer]

Yes statistics may be low on this but consider how few people have old 
rigs with this type fuse holder compared to the number that fly, drive 
walk etc.

It's all a numbers game. Won the lottery lately?

73
Gary  K4FMX


Ray, W2EC wrote:
> 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.)
> 
> 
> 
> 
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