elec fire is this bad?, smoke under the fuse box Options

[nycchef]

o.k. it's been 2 weeks without a problem so i guess i was do. small wisp of smoke from around the fuse box only when i start the car for the first time. pull over leave the car running and its gone before i can find it. nothing hot or melting, all obvious elec working. probably not goin to fix itself. any ideas guys .P.S. the fuel pump is hot wired to the coil but its been that way since the po and i am going to try and fix it

[Sammy]

Q. If, as you say, light bulbs suck up darkness and convert it to smoke which is transmitted (via wire) to a power source for recycling...why do car batteries go dead when lights are left on? Do car batteries (and flashlight batteries for that matter) have a limited amount of storage capability? Is it like a hard drive that gets so full that you have to double-space and then lose all data?

A. Of course the battery stores the smoke. In fact it can store so much smoke that if you open the top and light a match, the resulting explosion can do serious damage. I'm sure you are aware that usually where there's smoke there's fire. If you connect the battery to a charger, the smoke is then returned to the wire (Remember, a light bulb wont work unless it is connected to a wire system) for the utility companies to use. Your hard drive analogy is a very good example.

[nycchef]

thanks for letting me in on the joke. i wasn't sure if i was really dumb or you guys were really nuts. now i know it's a little of both. this is the best non-club a non member could ever hope for.