RelativeArea1@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoTIL that loose wire connections on breakers can create arcs, heats up the wires or the breaker internally and cause an electric firemessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareTIL that loose wire connections on breakers can create arcs, heats up the wires or the breaker internally and cause an electric fireRelativeArea1@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilinkfile-text
carbon on contacts due to arc burn can also act as a resistance and create fire burned wires must be also snipped or much better, replaced to avoid electric fire.
