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From: Michael A. Terrell on 9 Dec 2009 12:29 Jules wrote: > > On Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:23:44 -0500, mm wrote: > > > Powering Your Switch > > Connect the supplied AC adapter to 12VDC/100mA > > on the back of the switch. Then, plug the other end of the > > adapter into a standard AC outlet. The power turns on. > > > > Note: To avoid injury, do not connect the adapter to a > > ceiling outlet. > > :-) The PSU for our house alarm lives in an outlet on the underside of > the basement stairs - to secure it they backed off the outlet cover screw > a little and then tied it in place.... > > Why the person who installed the outlet didn't put it on the side of the > stairs, I don't know - it's not like there isn't plenty of room. Maybe they didn't want it where things could be dropped on it? Or the power cord on their grow light was too short? -- Offworld checks no longer accepted!
From: Bob F on 9 Dec 2009 13:43 PeterD wrote: > On Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:48:32 -0500, mm <NOPSAMmm2005(a)bigfoot.com> > wrote: > > > >> Do not throw antenna at spouse. > > > I remember years ago... I was working on the end of an extension cord. > Somehow it got plugged in while I was working on it, and I touched the > two wires together. Big bang. > > The end was in another room, and I'm yelling at my spouse: "Unplug > that cord..." > > She got really pissed off at me for yelling at her. > > (but was I wrong? <bg>) If a man speaks in the forest And there is no woman to hear him Is he still wrong?
From: William R. Walsh on 9 Dec 2009 17:04 Hi! > Oh, that means I can't install it in the ceiling outlet, in > my shower? > Learn more about Jesus Well, you *can* but I suspect that you might end up doing a really good job of learning more about Jesus. If you don't meet him, you might say his name a few times rather loudly. Sorry. I'll stop now. :-) William
From: Stormin Mormon on 9 Dec 2009 17:04 Life is looking up, for me. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message news:huednTDgMuq-Q4LWnZ2dnUVZ_vhi4p2d(a)earthlink.com... Stormin Mormon wrote: > > Oh, that means I can't install it in the ceiling outlet, > in > my shower? Go ahead. I won't tell! ;-) -- Offworld checks no longer accepted!
From: William R. Walsh on 9 Dec 2009 17:05
Hi! > Do you want to be hit in the head when the wall wart falls > out of a crappy outlet? :) I don't know why, but I find that absolutely hilarious. "Why won't this thing WORK?!" (turns it over to examine it, make sure it's plugged in) >clunk< "Ow. Oh." William |