Re: Ting
[Re: AJE]
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03/14/24 07:02 AM
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lol bet it works jusst fine as a marketing deal to skin folks out of money
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Re: Ting
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03/14/24 10:50 AM
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The original "Jake" trusted State Farm and look where it got him.
the wheels of the gods turn very slowly
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Re: Ting
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03/14/24 11:30 AM
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The original "Jake" trusted State Farm and look where it got him. Haha! And SF had to search hard to find a black dude named Jake....lol!
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Re: Ting
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03/14/24 11:44 AM
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According to their website, Ting can help prevent 80% of home electrical fires. If true, it sounds like a must have. I know 8 people who have had electrical fires. Though small fires, they still did a few hundred to a few thousand in damage. 2 were started by box fans, 1 was started by baseboard heating, 1 was started by a freezer, 1 was started by a computer monitor and 3 were in the wiring.
Keith
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Re: Ting
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03/14/24 12:52 PM
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looking at the web site and the claims and disclaimers it appears to be a voltage monitor arc detection they don't actually explain how it works but by saying not all types of fires and be detected just the most common.
your 2 most common electrical fires being thermal and arc/spark
thermal would be a little less common because getting to flash point without smelling smoke or tripping a breaker would be less likely.
an arc you could have ignition seconds after a brief but intense load , as in you just shorted and through a bunch of sparks into a fuel source.
it stands to reason that if your watching voltage fluctuations with a time and frequency things like eclectic motors draw big and will drop voltage but after the initial resistance is overcome the voltage goes back up but not as fast as if you have a bouncing short where 2 wires short but push apart and throw sparks , enough to rapidly fluctuate voltage but not enough thermal load to trip a breaker
remember this is only on one phase and one circuit but probably works to see those very rapid voltage changes
it would seem a better option would go into a double breaker bay on the breaker box but would be beyond most home owners capability to install. or a 220 outlet so it have both phases.
but apparently this sees enough to be useful.
anyone else with a better idea of how it works.
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