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Hi

she who must be obeyed spotted a fishy smell in the kitchen, and the
tumbly dryer plug was the culprit - v warm to touch - but the fuse
hand't blown.

The blue/n wire was quite charred, but no clear reason as to why -
certainly the bare copper wire wasn't in contact with anything.

What's likely to have caused this?

And will a trimming of the cable and rewiring to the plug, with a new
fuse?

Or rewire to a new plug?

M


rewire to new plug

Probably caused by the resistance of the contact point between wire and
screw terminal heating up the wire. Wire was probably not stripped
correctly
or maybe oxidation or bad terminal.

or loose, that's the usual for overheating. I agree replacement is better
than
re-use on the plug but stripping back the cable by a few inches will be
fine.
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fred
Plusnet - I hope you like vanilla

Don't discount the socket. Maybe a poor quality socket which could cause the
pin to get hot. Certainly worth checking anyway as the heat could have
affected it if it is not the direct cause.