[DeTomaso] LED question

[Christopher Kimball]

I did get shocked pretty badly once when I was a kid and played with on old transformer I got out of a broken TV set.  Good thing I wasn't killed!

Date: Mon, 6 May 2013 19:55:29 -0400
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] LED question
From: rob at dumoulins.net
To: chrisvkimball at msn.com
CC: fresnofinches at aol.com; detomaso at poca.com

Somebody run some current through Chris to see if he still conducts like he did when he was one year old. I need proof.Rob

On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 5:20 PM, Christopher Kimball <chrisvkimball at msn.com> wrote:

I wish my 53-year-old body was in as good a shape as your 40-year-old wiring!  :)

Chris



> To: detomaso at poca.com

> From: fresnofinches at aol.com

> Date: Mon, 6 May 2013 14:56:14 -0400

> Subject: [DeTomaso] LED question

>

> .....

>

> reduces the amperage way down and reduces heat and stress on 40 year old wiring.

> .....

> The above statement is partially true, but nonetheless misleading.

>

> The forty year old wire in our Panteras is just as serviceable as one year old wiring. It was sized according to the

> needs of the designed circuit and without additions to the circuit, will retain its original capabilities and suitability.

>

> Unless the insulation is damaged and corrosion of the conductor occurs, forty years of use will not affect the function of that wire.

>

> There is no "stress" imparted on a properly secured conductor that would affect its long term performance.

>

> The "heat" due to the amperage carried in a properly sized conductor will not affect its long term performance.

>

> While a switchover to LED lighting will reduce the amperage (and thus the heat) carried on those conductors, the

> switchover will do nothing to better preserve undisturbed forty year old wiring. Wiring does not "wear out" just due to its age.

>

> However, forty year old connector terminals and grounding connections, as we all know by now, can and are

> compromised by exposure to moisture and dirt and the resultant corrosion.

>

> I have rear LED lighting on 2511. I have Jon Haas' fuse panel upgrade. I have forty year old wiring. I have clean

> and secure connections.

>

> But I do not have any original wiring that has suffered any loss of capabilities from forty years of "heat and stress".

>

> My 2¢

>

> Larry

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