On Wed, 27 May 2009 09:38:59 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:

Altough I understand that they won't be printing any more hard cover
dictionaries. I could be wrong though.

It has to weight at least a couple of hundred pounds, and you would
expect it to be the first publication to disappear from print. There
is a much smaller paper edition with tiny print you can't read with
the unaided eye. The CRC would be early into machine format, but I
would expect the paper edition to continue for some time, as it is
affordable and handy.

Casady

On Thu, 28 May 2009 10:10:59 -0500, Dave Brown
wrote:

jim7856 wrote:
Wouldn't want one of those things within 10 feet of a location that
might have petrol vapours. ( hope I spelled it right for our Canadian
friends)

You're good on the vapour thingie, but what's 'petrol'? ;-)

A bird that walks really fast up and down the beach.
--

John H

On Wed, 27 May 2009 08:25:22 -0600, "SteveB"
wrote:

A knife switch is just a straight piece of copper that looks like a knife.
On one end it is bolted to two strips of copper so it rotates. On the other
it fits BETWEEN two strips of copper. It is usually bolted on a board or
base. You've probably seen them in electrical panels. Not real common, yet
still used.

The cabin at the lake has fuses and knife switches.

Casady

Richard Casady wrote:
On Wed, 27 May 2009 08:25:22 -0600, "SteveB"
wrote:

A knife switch is just a straight piece of copper that looks like a knife.
On one end it is bolted to two strips of copper so it rotates. On the other
it fits BETWEEN two strips of copper. It is usually bolted on a board or
base. You've probably seen them in electrical panels. Not real common, yet
still used.

The cabin at the lake has fuses and knife switches.

Casady

I'll bet it has knob and tube wiring as well.

On Fri, 29 May 2009 04:50:30 -0500, Richard Casady
wrote:

On Wed, 27 May 2009 08:25:22 -0600, "SteveB"
wrote:

A knife switch is just a straight piece of copper that looks like a knife.
On one end it is bolted to two strips of copper so it rotates. On the other
it fits BETWEEN two strips of copper. It is usually bolted on a board or
base. You've probably seen them in electrical panels. Not real common, yet
still used.

The cabin at the lake has fuses and knife switches.

What kind of fuses?
Which knife switch?
Reason I ask is I'm a knife switch collector.
Dabble in fuses just a little.
Ever browse through this?
http://www.filnor.com/tech/literatur...talog-Full.pdf

--Vic

On Fri, 29 May 2009 06:13:25 -0400, jim785 wrote:

Richard Casady wrote:
On Wed, 27 May 2009 08:25:22 -0600, "SteveB"
wrote:

A knife switch is just a straight piece of copper that looks like a knife.
On one end it is bolted to two strips of copper so it rotates. On the other
it fits BETWEEN two strips of copper. It is usually bolted on a board or
base. You've probably seen them in electrical panels. Not real common, yet
still used.

The cabin at the lake has fuses and knife switches.

Casady

I'll bet it has knob and tube wiring as well.

Fireman's Friends.

On May 29, 6:52*am, Wizard of Woodstock wrote:
On Fri, 29 May 2009 06:13:25 -0400, jim785 wrote:
Richard Casady wrote:
On Wed, 27 May 2009 08:25:22 -0600, "SteveB"
wrote:

A knife switch is just a straight piece of copper that looks like a knife.
On one end it is bolted to two strips of copper so it rotates. *On the other
it fits BETWEEN two strips of copper. *It is usually bolted on a board or
base. *You've probably seen them in electrical panels. *Not real common, yet
still used.

The cabin at the lake has fuses and knife switches.

Casady

I'll bet it has knob and tube wiring as well.

Fireman's Friends.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Where I lived in western NY there's still a lot of knob and tube
wiring around. It's safe except that now days, people pile insulation
on it, etc. Add to that that when knob and tube was used, the average
house's electrical devices were one small light per room! So, you
overload it, then pile insulation on top of it, and it overheats.

On Fri, 29 May 2009 05:20:26 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On May 29, 6:52*am, Wizard of Woodstock wrote:
On Fri, 29 May 2009 06:13:25 -0400, jim785 wrote:
Richard Casady wrote:
On Wed, 27 May 2009 08:25:22 -0600, "SteveB"
wrote:

A knife switch is just a straight piece of copper that looks like a knife.
On one end it is bolted to two strips of copper so it rotates. *On the other
it fits BETWEEN two strips of copper. *It is usually bolted on a board or
base. *You've probably seen them in electrical panels. *Not real common, yet
still used.

The cabin at the lake has fuses and knife switches.

Casady

I'll bet it has knob and tube wiring as well.

Fireman's Friends.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Where I lived in western NY there's still a lot of knob and tube
wiring around. It's safe except that now days, people pile insulation
on it, etc. Add to that that when knob and tube was used, the average
house's electrical devices were one small light per room! So, you
overload it, then pile insulation on top of it, and it overheats.

Oh, there's no doubt about that - but fighting a fire in one of those
old stick built frame two stories is a piece of cake with knob and
tubing - Romex, not so much.

On Fri, 29 May 2009 06:13:25 -0400, jim785 wrote:

Richard Casady wrote:
On Wed, 27 May 2009 08:25:22 -0600, "SteveB"
wrote:

A knife switch is just a straight piece of copper that looks like a knife.
On one end it is bolted to two strips of copper so it rotates. On the other
it fits BETWEEN two strips of copper. It is usually bolted on a board or
base. You've probably seen them in electrical panels. Not real common, yet
still used.

The cabin at the lake has fuses and knife switches.

Casady

I'll bet it has knob and tube wiring as well.

It has floor outlets that are holes threaded like a standard light
bulb, Turn type light switches. A floor lamp that takes Mazda base
bulbs. Built in 1907.

Casady

Richard Casady wrote:
On Fri, 29 May 2009 06:13:25 -0400, jim785 wrote:

Richard Casady wrote:
On Wed, 27 May 2009 08:25:22 -0600, "SteveB"
wrote:

A knife switch is just a straight piece of copper that looks like a knife.
On one end it is bolted to two strips of copper so it rotates. On the other
it fits BETWEEN two strips of copper. It is usually bolted on a board or
base. You've probably seen them in electrical panels. Not real common, yet
still used.
The cabin at the lake has fuses and knife switches.

Casady
I'll bet it has knob and tube wiring as well.

It has floor outlets that are holes threaded like a standard light
bulb, Turn type light switches. A floor lamp that takes Mazda base
bulbs. Built in 1907.

Casady

I've seen the surface mounted switches but not the outlets. Mazda based
bulbs? Stuff from that era usually has gas plumbed to wall sconces and
fireplaces. Maybe not in rustic cabins though.