Re: SER1. Today's cautionary tale.

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The receptionist, Helen was rewarded with a couple of bottles of  fine 
Merlot. Funnily enough (well not for her) she had the same thing happen 3 
weeks ago. Her Volvo spontaneously combusted in the supermarket car park. 
Luckily for her the security guard put it out but I she had to have a big 
section of wiring loom replaced.

Thanks for all your good wishes.


At 13:22 02/08/2004, you wrote:
>Hi Tom.
>            What a story!!!   You were so lucky,Im Glad you were on site,to
>deal with it so quickly,Well done to youe Receptionist also I hope you got
>her a Big Choc,Cake!! ha,ha,  regards, John .  in Ireland.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Tom Wykes" <tw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
>To: <series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
>Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 12:50 PM
>Subject: SER1. Today's cautionary tale.
>
>
> >
> > I got to work at 8:30 this morning and at 12:00  The receptionist rang me
> > to say
> >
> > "Tom there's smoke coming out of your car"
> >
> > So I grabbed one of the Co2 extinguishers from the reception area and ran
> > over to my 86". sure enough smoke coming from the engine bay and some
>small
> > flames visible. A quick shot of Co2 through the rad panel and up from
>under
> > the wheel arch seemed to kill the flames. Then I had a friend stand by
>with
> > the extinguisher whilst I lifted the bonnet (hood). He chucked in a
> > cautionary blast as I opened it.
> >
> > No real damage, and the car still starts and runs fine.
> >
> > Cause.  I had topped up the oil a couple of days ago and had left the
> > filler cap on the battery and forgotten to replace it so when I drove it
> > the cap had lodged between the live terminal and the inner wing. I guess
> > the paint had held out for quite a while but after driving to work it must
> > have started to arc and the cap as a result had got very hot. Hot enough
>to
> > ignite the oil residue in the breather and melt a small hole in the wing
> > where it had been arcing to.
> >
> > A: GET A BATTERY TERMINAL COVER.
> > B: PUT THE CAP BACK.
> > C: DON'T USE THE BATTERY AS A TRAY.
> >
> > I guess I owe the receptionist a drink or two. Especially as I'm parked
> > next to the "VP engineerings" £40K Merc.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards.
> >
> > Tom Wykes.
> >
> >
> >
> > PCB Designer
> > Cambridge Broadband.
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> > Fax.+44 (0)1223 703001
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> >
> > If you don't live life on the edge, you're taking up too much space.
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
>
>
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Regards.

Tom Wykes.



PCB Designer
Cambridge Broadband.
Tel.+44 (0)1223 703000
Fax.+44 (0)1223 703001
DDI. +44 (0)1223 703044
tw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
www.cambridgebroadband.com

If you don't live life on the edge, you're taking up too much space.



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