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What would be the risks of a customer spraying WD40 in the cooker/plug socket on the wall of the kitchen. Both side elements have blown and cooker (12KW) is wired with 2.5mm cable. Am replacing socket anyway once i remove the additional ring main running the rest of the appliances in the kitchen off the cooker fuse, but he seemed to think that WD40 would get his oven to work!
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SimonRe: WD40 sprayed in cooker switch
Simon,
Nice one! Take photographs of the damage for our ‘Rogues Gallery’ please. 8)
WD40 cures all doesn’t it :lol2:
Martin
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hi,
are you sure its 12 KW, if so 2.5 mm cable is not big enough. 10mm will do the trick.
Kevin
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Yes, am replacing with 10mm but customer will now have to turn light on as he cannot cook by the glow of the cable in the dark!
The lubricant in WD40 is graphite, which is a form of carbon, which……………….. Conducts Electricity!
Chris.
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Thanks P, so in theory the now greasy on off switch may have volts on it!
And customer has none RCD protected fuse box.Re: WD40 sprayed in cooker switch
Penguin45 wrote:Conducts Electricity!
Tell me about it, when I was very much younger and learning the trade, my Father sent me to a Hoover washer with a noisy timer.
Thinking I was being clever I sprayed WD40 in to the gearing and did did it when the timer was running so spreading the “lubricant” around the timer gearing….
Contacts open – spark- :eeek: :lesson:
Straight home for a change of underwear 😆
Dave.
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Hmmm, i was also a lot younger when i knelt behind a hoover 3236h that was sparking from the comm after fitting new brushes….with my trusted tin of WD i sprayed into the running motor – the resultant flame thrower would have put james bond to shame, and it was a while before my eyebrows grew back evenly 😳
eddieI had one of my property agents on the phone today, asking if I could source them an ignitor box for a gas hob. I pointed out that I don’t do gas. They said they knew that, and had already sent
their gas man in to try and free off the sticking button.Well, he gave it a squirt of the old magic fluid, which was absolutely fine – until he pressed the button……… Apparently terrific bang, lights go out and gas man gets a hell of a belt!
Chris.
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Sorry to appear pedantic Mr P, but what makes you think the lubricant in WD40 is graphite? I did have my doubts when you mentioned it in your earlier post, but couldn’t be sure. But according to the material safety data sheet at : http://www.dek.com/data/wd-40.pdf
the lubricant in it is mineral oil. Not conductive but nevertheless highly inflammable. I was thinking back to the dim and distant past when we could all fix our own cars, and on a damp and misty day and the thing wouldn’t go, a liberal spraying of the magic fluid all over the distributor cap and HT leads would do the trick. I somehow don’t think a conductive fluid would have the same effect. It’s not a cure all for every situation, but it’s water-dispelling properties should not be under-estimated.Merry Xmas to one and all,
Dave
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AMS,
Very interesting post Dave and thanks for letting us know. As a regular (almost daily) user of said substance and its many ‘pattern copies’ I was surprised to read some comments I must say.
Not having sprayed WD40 into a motor or Ignition Button myself, However I do sometimes spray into timer cam switchgear and heavy duty relays to effect a cure. Regularly rinse away carbon dust from commutators (before wiping and cleaning with a com stick!) with no adverse effects. Spray around mechanical push buttons that have been otherwise stuck by spilled coffee and hundreds of other examples of its many uses.
Oh yes, the distributor problems where well sorted with a squirt every time! Never saw the need to spray into a cooker box though 😆
MartinRe: WD40 sprayed in cooker switch
I must admit i was a bit confused by this given that WD40 is used for de-moisturising car electrics. We however never use it, 1) for the propellent is highly flammable as we have heard here if sprayed onto a sparking contact and, 2) the main reason is because of its smell and that all your customers know you have used it and tend to think it was all you did and cannot justify the bill, (you know the way customers are).
Instead, we use RS silicon spray, I cannot post the part number right now, but we have used it for years. Although it is warned not to spray on motor brush gear, presumably while the motor is running, it does a fine job of drying that pump you accidently dropped in the bowl, cures squeeking belts (used very lightly) and even lubricating lino before pushing the machine back all with no oily rag smell.
Will post number tomorrow.
ps have also tried other brands of silicon spray non of which are as good as this one.
MarkRS part number is: 691 892
I have been enlightened by Mrs P and Dad (2 mad scientists…). Apparently if WD40’s active ingredient is a mineral oil, it will be an organic compound which will therefore be largely carbon based and will probably conduct electricity.
You all now know as much as I do……..
Chris.
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Before we get into the chemical composition of the stuff here’s what we need to know…
Apply it to something with a spark or naked flame and it blows up.
Applying a match or lighter to the spray as it comes out makes for an interesting party trick.
It fixes squeaks real good.
It repels water.
I mean, really, what else do we need to know? 😆
K.
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