Beware the smell of fresh popcorn!

[Anonymous]

As an electrical and electronics engineer, I always thought that I was especially sensitive to the smell of overheated insulation and electrical breakdown of materials, but I was taken by surprise yesterday. I'd noticed a smell of popcorn - exactly the same smell that you get in cinema foyers - on deck. We'd had kids on board the day before and I put it down to something they had left on deck - frankly I wasn't terribly worried or interested, I'd sort it later if the smell didn't go. Then without warning our electricity tripped, with a loud 'pop' on deck. I found that the 16A standard marina mains connector had melted internally and the connectors had touched. The inside was the consistency of a marshmallow and the smell was of popcorn. Yum! So if you smell popcorn, look at these plugs.

 

[boatmike]

Now thats interesting. We could have fuses graded with different smells.
5 amp Christmas Pudding, 10 amp Fried Bacon, 15 amp Vindaloo, 25 amp Baby Poo.... etc etc. I have a 175 amp fuse on my inverter supply....what sort of smell should I have for that I wonder?

 

[tugboat]

>I have a 175 amp fuse on my inverter supply....what sort of smell should I have for that I wonde<

Wow- that's a biggun - must merit rhinocerous fart at least! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[bendyone]

Sewage plant smell

 

[mainshiptom]

fireworks?

 

[Alex_Blackwood]

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Sewage plant smell

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If you want the above try some Selenium rectifiers. They will do that when burnt out!

 

[steverow]

Burning Flesh perhaps?

Steve.

 

[Seafort]

Over boiled cabbage.


Dave.