Could this start an electrical fire?

RenegadeBum · 7 Mar 2017

EFLImpudence said:
So - this is not non-combustible steel wool.

Well just the ordinary stuff you can buy in packs from b&Q etc, as fine/medium/rough:

http://www.diy.com/departments/bq-fine-steel-wool/50103_BQ.prd

EFLImpudence · 7 Mar 2017

No, sorry, it's an in-joke - sort of.

OwainDIYer · 7 Mar 2017

EFLImpudence said:
So - this is not non-combustible steel wool.

No, that's why we make consumer units out of insulating plastic so electricity can't run through them, heat them up and start a fire.

endecotp · 7 Mar 2017

Ordinary steel wool rusts and crumbles eventually. Stainless steel is better.

danechip · 7 Mar 2017

OwainDIYer said:
No, that's why we make consumer units out of insulating plastic so electricity can't run through them, heat them up and start a fire.

We've just gone back to metal clad in domestic buddy because of the fire risk....

Lectrician · 7 Mar 2017

Scrunched up chicken wire, screwed in a ball, stuffed in hole, then filled with expanding foam. Rats and mice, history.

flameport · 7 Mar 2017

RenegadeBum said:
However a 240 volt terminal combined with prolonged contact inside the house is what worries me, should I be concerned

If you have exposed terminals at mains voltage you should be concerned anyway, regardless of the presence or absence of wire wool.

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Could this start an electrical fire?

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