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    FIRE RISK PROTECTION:- MELTING SOCKET - LOOSE WIRES ?

    Thank's everyone for your input on fire risk protection. I've followed up on arc fault circuit protection and the "Fire Guard" cutler hammer product range. Terminology is a problem. the US seems happy with AFCI (arc fault circuit interrupter), but in Europe this term isn't used. I have...
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    FIRE RISK PROTECTION:- MELTING SOCKET - LOOSE WIRES ?

    :evil: My dishwasher stopped the other day because the the neutral side copper connector inside a standard 13 amp socket had literally melted away, leaving a very badly charred and burnt socket. I tend to use the dishwasher overnight, so I am lucky that a fire did not start. The intense...
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