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[Cob] flooded with cob messages!

Gregori robinson at on.aibn.com
Mon Sep 22 13:12:35 CDT 2003


With your change in software, I am now receiving a separate e:mail from each
posting, flooding me with e:mail.   I am only interested in getting a
combined list, once a week or so.

Thanks,

Gregori
www.comsearch-can.com/robinson.htm


----- Original Message -----
From: "David Knowlton" <pilot1ab80 at hotmail.com>
To: <dangballs at hotmail.com>; <>
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 1:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Cob] re electrical


> yup. we are starting to cross paradigms and talk apples and oranges.
>
> electricians and engineers will probably agree with the following:
>
> 1. grounding is good. do it.
> 2. big wire is better. use it.
> 3. heat is bad. see number 2.
> 4. fire is bad. see number 2 and get help from somebody who knows what
they
> are doing.
>
> 5. if you have to choose between safe and stylish, go with safe. on wall
> wiring doesn't have
> to be ugly.
>
> david
>
>
> >From: "dang balls" <dangballs at hotmail.com>
> >To: coblist at deatech.com
> >Subject: [Cob] re electrical
> >Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 09:02:48 -0700
> >
> >
> >    One thing to remember in this debate about conduit or not to conduit,
> >    is that still air is a INSULATOR, and is a poor dissipater of heat.
> >    where as heavy earthen mass is a poor insulator and will help to wick
> >    away that heat from wire resistance.
> >
> >    Some other points to think about: Direct burial wire is used not
> >    because its in earth, but because of the presence of water -plastic
> >    insulating material, rather than paper. This should not be an issue
in
> >    cob.
> >
> >    Also conduit piping -smurf stuff- is expensive, toxic, hard to work
> >    with, and plain old unnecessary if one is to use oversized wire, and
> >    does not bury it deep into yer walls -this makes it easier to modify
> >    if need arise.
> >
> >    Mice. Again should not be an issue in cob.
> >
> >    with dirty luv, jared
> >
> >    ps: no i am not an electrician
> >      _________________________________________________________________
> >
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> >References
> >
> >    1. http://g.msn.com/8HMBENUS/2755??PS=
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