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One of the safety checks is to be sure power cords are out of the way so that you won't trip on them or accidentally cut them.
I was I a hurry last week. I wanted to sharpen a carbon steel tool on a grinder that was unplugged with the cord safely wrapped around it.
I plugged it into an extension cord and lowered the plugs to the floor behind the grinder.
My focus shifted to the wheel I wanted to use needing to be dressed while I was plugging the cords together.
Just as I got the wheel dressed the grinder turned off. My immediate thought was that the switch had been turned off somehow.
The real problem was the cord was against the other wheel and I had ground through one wire.
No pop. No tripped circuit breaker. Just embarrassment. Could have been much worse.
Norton 3x doesn't conduct electricity.
Just wanted to remind everyone to be vigilant checking the power cords.
I did not notice when I unwound and dropped the cord "safely" to the floor that it had gone a cross the wheel.
Easy to see if I had looked. Something l did not see when I assumed it was fine and concentrated on the other wheel a foot away.
Al
I was I a hurry last week. I wanted to sharpen a carbon steel tool on a grinder that was unplugged with the cord safely wrapped around it.
I plugged it into an extension cord and lowered the plugs to the floor behind the grinder.
My focus shifted to the wheel I wanted to use needing to be dressed while I was plugging the cords together.
Just as I got the wheel dressed the grinder turned off. My immediate thought was that the switch had been turned off somehow.
The real problem was the cord was against the other wheel and I had ground through one wire.
No pop. No tripped circuit breaker. Just embarrassment. Could have been much worse.
Norton 3x doesn't conduct electricity.
Just wanted to remind everyone to be vigilant checking the power cords.
I did not notice when I unwound and dropped the cord "safely" to the floor that it had gone a cross the wheel.
Easy to see if I had looked. Something l did not see when I assumed it was fine and concentrated on the other wheel a foot away.
Al