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freetown fred
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Post by freetown fred » Mon. Aug. 28, 2017 9:24 pm

Maybe 1 questionable here in the 25 yrs I been on the hill. Sad/sick stuff goes on I guess.


 
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Post by TheTradesmanChannel » Tue. Jan. 16, 2018 6:21 pm

top top wrote:
Fri. Aug. 25, 2017 5:55 pm
I wonder why the fuse did not protect the wire. Also how would they know, wouldn't the jacket have been burned off anyway? Tooth marks on the copper maybe? I have found a few mice in a wall that were fried by chewing on the wiring, but no sign of charring. Old, loose connections are another story. Just in one old house I had two boxes overheat and start smoking, one a simple light switch, the other a wall outlet for the washer.
In the old wiring of yesteryear the grounding was almost non-existent in the wiring. A lot of times the old fuses won't blow or breakers trip in that condition due to shorts. I've seen old wiring glowing before without blowing a breaker.

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