I Hope that the Car Will Dry...And the Rain Will Be Light for the Next Three Days

[days_unfolding]

Today I finally used the wet vac on the car, after a mishap in which I had an extension cord with two prongs and a vacuum with three. I finally found an adapter in my kitchen "junk drawer". Go me :) I got some water out of the carpet, so I think that it'll dry out. I had the windows open a little for a while, which made me a little nervous, but nothing happened to the car. (I'm such an urban person. When I go to pick up mail from the mailbox when I get home, I lock my car. There's something to be said for small towns though.) Oh, and I had to traumatize Harlee by shutting her upstairs while I ran the extension cord out of the front door. She's milking it for all it's worth though. Every time I see her, she tells me to pet her because she's had a rough day. And if I've been upstairs for a while, she comes upstairs to tell me to pet her. That's my girl....

Today was our only day of sunshine for a while. It's supposed to rain tomorrow through Tuesday. You'd think that this was Portland. (I wish it was. I'd love to walk over to Powell's and hang out.)

Comments

[platofish.livejournal.com]

Hmmmmm..... the third prong on the vacuum is the 'ground' wire, which connects the appliance directly to the earth. The ground wire minimizes the risk of electric shock if a fault in the wiring causes current leakage through an uninsulated bit of the vacuum. If you plug it into a 2 prong extension the leaked current doesn't have a direct path to earth, other than through you! Never a good thing! Especially if you are standing or kneeling in moisture. In those circumstances you can easily get a fatal shock without tripping fuses, or even sensitive GFI units.

[days-unfolding.livejournal.com]

I plugged a two-prong to three-prong adapter into the extension cord, and the three-prong plug from the vacuum into the adapter. It was okay.