Power went off for the second time today. First time was from 4 to 5. This time, it's been off since 8:45. At least those touch typing classes back in high school are paying off!

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99 ML320
94 SL600
92 SL500
95 E320 Cabriolet
87 560SEC
86 300SDL Grease Car
80 380SLC Euro

13 Fiat Abarth
02 Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa
00 BMW Z3
90 Rolls Royce Silver Spur
80 Ferrari 308 GTSI
88 Jaguar XJS12 H&E Edition
99 Land Rover Discovery

Power was out here for 7 hours on Friday. Transformer went kaboom. When the crew replaced the transformer, they fubared the cable TV lines, so no TV for 24 hours.

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Palangi

2004 C240 Wagon 203.261 Baby Benz
2008 ML320 CDI Highway Cruiser
2006 Toyota Prius, Saving the Planet @ 48 mpg
2000 F-150, Destroying the Planet @ 20 mpg



TRUMP .......... WHITEHOUSE
HILLARY .........JAILHOUSE
BERNIE .......... NUTHOUSE
0BAMA .......... OUTHOUSE

I'm afraid the wife may want to get romantic!

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99 ML320
94 SL600
92 SL500
95 E320 Cabriolet
87 560SEC
86 300SDL Grease Car
80 380SLC Euro

13 Fiat Abarth
02 Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa
00 BMW Z3
90 Rolls Royce Silver Spur
80 Ferrari 308 GTSI
88 Jaguar XJS12 H&E Edition
99 Land Rover Discovery

Oh what the hell...go for it.
Whats the worst that can happen, a brand new little powerpig

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I'm sick of .sig files

I hope not, she's been spayed!

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99 ML320
94 SL600
92 SL500
95 E320 Cabriolet
87 560SEC
86 300SDL Grease Car
80 380SLC Euro

13 Fiat Abarth
02 Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa
00 BMW Z3
90 Rolls Royce Silver Spur
80 Ferrari 308 GTSI
88 Jaguar XJS12 H&E Edition
99 Land Rover Discovery

The power goes off so often here that I wired a generator into the mains that runs off the propane tank... I've had to use it a couple times for a warm shower in the morning.

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-Evan


Benz Fleet:
1968 UNIMOG 404.114
1998 E300
2008 E63


Non-Benz Fleet:
1992 Aerostar
1993 MR2
2000 F250

Tell me about it..... Our sub-station is in the middle of the damn woods. Their is always a squirrel, opossum or raccoon bridging the transformer and popping a fuse. Twice last week. They really need to do something about it. Though, the sound of 28.8KV going through a piece if meat is pretty amazing.

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Current Stable:
01 ML55 AMG
92 500E (a few mods)
87 300E (lots of mods)
00 Chevy 3500HD Diesel Box Truck
68 18' Donzi Marine
06 GT i-Drive7 1.0 Mountain Bike (with GPS!)

PREVIOUSLY OWNED:83 300SD, 87 420SEL, 88 420SEL, 90 420SEL, 86 560SEL, 86 190E 2.3-16V AMG, 94 E320

Don;'t worry you an always drink like a fish,n **** power.!

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Powerpig- Give me a jingle if it doesn't go back on and you guys can come over, jump in the pool and partake of some adult beverages. If you like we can even throw a sacrifice or two on the grill.

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"It's normal for these things to empty your wallet and break your heart in the process."
2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

"Fuzzy Fuses"

And they smell and clean up...horribly!

I don't have the experience of AC-Fuzzy Fuses, but the DC-Fuzzy Fuses usually aren't identifiable until you collect a few pieces and start to "put them back together" just to determine what it once was...

BTW, does anyone remember the "HOTDOGGER" cooker? Put your dog(s) between two elements and ***ZAP!*** - cooked dog(s)? And that was done with household-level voltage and current...if you left the dog(s) unattended, the smell/mess you had?

As for Higher-powered DC-Fuzzy Fuses...

Once you've done an "incident" - certain smells and other characteristics "pop out" when you run across the situation again, later on...

OH! Also, don't forget snakes... I've "pieced" a few of those together over the years...

BTW, a 6KV "pop" is MUCH MORE FORGIVING (to the cleaning person, not the "fuse") than a 32KV "pop" is...

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M. G. Burg
'10 - Dakota SXT - Daily Ride / ≈ 172.5K
.'76 - 450SLC - 107.024.12 / < .89.20 K
..'77 - 280E - 123.033.12 / > 128.20 K
...'67 - El Camino - 283ci / > 207.00 K
....'75 - Yamaha - 650XS / < 21.00 K
.....'87 - G20 Sportvan / > 206.00 K
......'85 - 4WINNS 160 I.O. / 140hp
.......'74 - Honda CT70 / Real 125
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“I didn’t really say everything I said.”
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Hey, my power's out too...

And....neutered ...a pigs life...........

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Matt (SD,CA)

1984 300SD.. White/Chrome Bunts..Green

1997 2500 Dodge Ram 5.9 Cummins 12 Valve 36 PSI of Boost = 400+hp & 800+tQ .. ..Greenspeed

2004 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 Quad Cab Cummins 5.9 H.O "596hp/1225tq" 6 spd. Man. Leather Heated seats/Loaded..Flame Red....GREENSPEED

Global warming...Doing my part, Smokin da hippies..

Fight the good fight!......

The last time mine went out, I started to call the power company and then realized my phone doesn't work when there's no power to the cable modem. Sometimes I find it very disconcerting how utterly dependent we've become on electricity.

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

If you rely on a cable modem for phone, your provider should be required to include a backup battery with your unit. Ours didn't until we requested in though...

A $50 UPC is worth keeping your cable phone/voip running during an outage

Maybe I should check into that. I never really thought about it until it wsn't working. Once it started working again, I stopped thinking about it . . . .

Okay, it's on the "To Do" list now.

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles