Fire dept pager went off at 5:30 this
morning about a house fire dealing with the
wiring. When we got there we found that
there was a 6 way splitter plugged into the
outlet and an electric heater plugged into
that. It was really fortunate that it never
actually caught on fire, just burned the
plastic and charred the paneling under a
desk.
Reminds me of a job where I was called in
to find out why the power flickered in the
livin room. Found a blue plastic outlet box
mounted on the surface of the wall against
the carpet. The outlet was wired with the
wires coming in under 1 set of screws and
the wires out under another set (perfectly
legal but not the best way) but they were
not tight. It charred the outlet, melted
through the box, and melted the carpet under
it. That is shown in the second set of pics.
morning about a house fire dealing with the
wiring. When we got there we found that
there was a 6 way splitter plugged into the
outlet and an electric heater plugged into
that. It was really fortunate that it never
actually caught on fire, just burned the
plastic and charred the paneling under a
desk.
Reminds me of a job where I was called in
to find out why the power flickered in the
livin room. Found a blue plastic outlet box
mounted on the surface of the wall against
the carpet. The outlet was wired with the
wires coming in under 1 set of screws and
the wires out under another set (perfectly
legal but not the best way) but they were
not tight. It charred the outlet, melted
through the box, and melted the carpet under
it. That is shown in the second set of pics.