When I was 14, I was asked what I would want as my epitaph. The best I could come up with, after a few minutes of serious thought, was "It seemed like a good idea at the time." Twenty years later, that's still the best I can explain about why I do anything.
Gotta go get a new plug - for some reason it never occurred to me that the plug might have melted. Rewire it with Romex like I should've done in the first place and I should be good to go.
I am totally impressed! I showed your post to my husband and he was too- he said "I don't think you'd actually pull that wire and redo that." I said "No way, would I try that!" One question he had was why not use a GFI plug, since you're using it on a water trough heater?
CG - what I've read says you get a lot of nuisance trips because of the nature of the electric fence. The outlet is pretty well protected - here's the post about it. It's in a nice weatherproof box, in a little weather-resistant "house." It's high enough up that both cords have drip loops. I stick my hand in the trough fairly often to check for voltage bleed, but everything seems ok for now.
Good find! (And good thing it was in a metal box rather than one of those plastic ones.)
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Even I can tell that's a problem!
ReplyDeleteUh, nice job on the plug. At least you found it super-quick and it didn't spark or anything. Eeek!
ReplyDeleteGit-r-done sister !
ReplyDeleteHahaha-I like the 'git-r-done'.
ReplyDeleteThat'll do it!
ReplyDeleteI am totally impressed! I showed your post to my husband and he was too- he said "I don't think you'd actually pull that wire and redo that." I said "No way, would I try that!"
ReplyDeleteOne question he had was why not use a GFI plug, since you're using it on a water trough heater?
LOL, I finally got 'er done. :)
ReplyDeleteCG - what I've read says you get a lot of nuisance trips because of the nature of the electric fence. The outlet is pretty well protected - here's the post about it. It's in a nice weatherproof box, in a little weather-resistant "house." It's high enough up that both cords have drip loops. I stick my hand in the trough fairly often to check for voltage bleed, but everything seems ok for now.