Hard wired appliances
OK guys, don't laugh. I was thinking the other day. I replaced six lights, mostly with fans. I was thinking, if I wired in a female plug, in the ceiling, could I wire in a male plug in the actual appliance. This way when it was time to change them, it would be a simple matter of unplugging one and plugging the other in. It would make it pretty simple. I thought it would be easier also to wire in the male end while you had the light down on the table were it would be easier to work with. Then just lift it up and plug it in and screw it up and done. OK, is this a possibility, or wouldn't it work? You guys seem to be way more familiar with electricity than I am. Thanks. MC
We had our chandeliers wired up this way for years, made the semi annual cleaning so much easier. Just put the female lug on a pigtail zip cord will be sufficient for most ceiling units, works fine, fails safe and dumps in the engine room bilge every day at 1600 hours. Dale
If for example you are going to hang a chandelier, you would attach a short length of zip cord, which is another name for lamp cord or light weight extension cord, (comes in clear, white or brown) with a female plug on the end that is exposed where the chandelier hook on then the cord in the chandelier chain has a male plug on it. I used a goat hitch or dog hitch as some know them to clip the chandelier in place. You can put the plugs and hitch where ever you find it most convenient to get to, to remove for cleaning. A construction light socket that is temporarily attached to a fixture box is called a pig tail as well, but the too is that funny looking braid down the center of the neck that some men wear thinking they look cook, not to defame the real pig tails that girls wear. Sorry guys but that is just another part of the generation gap, men didn't wear ear rings either when we were kids. Dale
Trinity, the piercing of sailors' ears wasn't a ceremonial thing. Back in the days of old when sailors were bold and ATMs weren't invented, a sailor received enough pay to take care of his living expenses while underway before the ship sailed and he got the rest at the end of the voyage. The voyage pay was in the form of a ring of gold. When the sailor needed something, he'd give the ring to the merchant, who would shave off enough to pay for the item then return the ring. Eventually, a sailor figured out that if he made a hole in his earlobe and hung his travel pay from the hole, it wouldn't get lost while at sea--things fall out of pockets, seabags get pilfered... Another sailor saw this and made a hole in his own ear for his money; next thing you know, all sailors had holes in their ears to carry their money. -- --jmowreader High quality hot dogs come eight in a package. If you're wondering why hot dogs come in packs of 10 and buns in packs of 8, it's because you're a skinflint.