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kk, your recounting there reminds me of the farmers who would put a penny behind the old screw-in style fuse because the one in the pump house fuse box starting burning out every day or two, likely because the pump motor was going bad. Rather than addressing the actual issue, they'd just bypass the fuse's ability to do its job. That penny of course could carry why more current than the wiring to the pump could and, surprise surprise, as the motor got worse the wiring would eventually overheat and catch the pump house on fire, which in turn would catch the barn it was attached to on fire as well. But as you've noted, it worked - for a while. biggrin

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