RelativeArea1 to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 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-square12fedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up166arrow-down1message-squareTIL that loose wire connections on breakers can create arcs, heats up the wires or the breaker internally and cause an electric fireRelativeArea1 to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-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.
minus-squareTWeaK@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 hours agoYes, these days you might have like 20 devices plugged in, but they’re all DC and most only draw about 10W each. Also, they’re not all drawing power at the same time.
Yes, these days you might have like 20 devices plugged in, but they’re all DC and most only draw about 10W each. Also, they’re not all drawing power at the same time.