On Thu, 6 Apr 2017 19:14:16 +0100
The Natural Philosopher  wrote:

> On 06/04/17 15:57, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> > On Thu, 6 Apr 2017 12:36:25 -0000 (UTC), Martin Gregorie
> >  declaimed the following:
> >
> >
> >> Fair comment, but I still remember those hot (above blood heat) cables
> >> on vacuum cleaners and all the warnings about not leaving power cables
> >> coiled up.
> >
> >  Ah -- but a coiled cable may act a bit like an inductor. The
> > same cable strung out probably didn't heat up as much.
> >
> Staggering incomprehesnion of basic electrical theory.

 Well the second sentence is correct.

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