careful with your circuit loads!

bentech · Post by **bentech** » Tue Aug 21, 2012 2:24 pm

two weeks into our west coast heat wave,
i got called to look at an outlet which was described as " melted and glowing with smoke coming out"

heh

the room was dark and it looked like there was an LED light on it,
doh!

bentech · Post by **bentech** » Tue Aug 21, 2012 2:32 pm

that circuit had been cutting in and out for a week they said. acting as if the breaker had tripped, but checking the panel it hadnt. and then after a couple minutes the power would come back on.

as you can see in the last picture,
the heat cooked the insulation off the hot wires several inches back along their length. had to carefully crack and break this ruined insulation off working back along the wire hoping to reach decent insulation [ still plyable that is ] before there wasnt enough wire let to make a connection in the box. there was just enough left for that.

here is the fix.

decided not to replace an outlet in the location. the homeowners suggestion and i agreed. it would have been quite difficult to get a third wire into a connection with those short hot wires. not impossible. but very difficult.

now its just waiting for a blank cover plate. or for someone to get highly motivated and reinstall an outlet there. had the insulation been bad another half inch further back those wires, it would have required breaking out the wall board to either move that box or install another one near it for a new junction to allow the extension of the short wires.

bentech · Post by **bentech** » Tue Aug 21, 2012 2:34 pm

be careful out there!

MadMoonMan · Post by **MadMoonMan** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 9:12 pm

If I were you I wouldn't post that. Now your responsible for all electricalalicity questions.

hic.. ah mean burp!

oops sorry ladies. tips hat. Mah beers was full of extry bubblies.

bentech · Post by **bentech** » Sat Sep 15, 2012 10:31 pm

since you wondering,

ya,
i licked my finger and i touched it

hehehehe

bentech · Post by **bentech** » Sat Dec 15, 2012 11:04 am

oh such happy days

Sconeofark · Post by **Sconeofark** » Sat Dec 22, 2012 9:02 pm

looks like they did a great paint job too

bentech · Post by **bentech** » Sat Dec 22, 2012 9:18 pm

ya...
the designer color really shows it off...
ralph lauren i believe

Sconeofark · Post by **Sconeofark** » Sat Dec 22, 2012 9:54 pm

How did this happen, was the load going through the plug and it just started to get a little thin.

BAMF · Post by **BAMF** » Sun Dec 23, 2012 12:56 am

I have to have a pen nearby whenever I smoke pot because I’m going to come up with some stuff I have to write down... It might not all be great, some of it might be nonsense, but this sounds like a serious problem folks... whos the retard running 1k's through 50 year old sockets!!!! get a fucking cl;ue people what are you doing with your life? If you ain't got no job and you ain't smokin' no weed, I don't know what the fuck you are doing wit yo life
!!!!!!

Let me ask,,,Do fruits and vegetables taste super delicious if you grow them with high quality nutrients and powerful lights in your closet? and just for the record, you remind me of an old Mario game since you're so cheap and easy

What's that fancy word for technology?... Innovation!?