melted wire

  1. J

    Melted connection in the light fixture

    The light fixture failed in a spectacular manner. See the disaster: I am scared to connect it again. My house has old wiring with old fuses no RCD. What could possibly have caused that? It’s the lighting circuit so may not be that risky but I would like to know what you think.
    • jido
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    • electric light melted wire
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    • Forum: Electrics UK
  2. G

    Melted wire in heater switch

    Hi, my 2kw wall heater (maybe 2 yrs old) stopped working and I noticed the switch wasn’t switching. I opened it up and found the wire had melted completely.(I saw a crack on the front of the switch before but it looked ok inside at that point) The heater still seems to work so I just replaced...
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