"Ziggs" wrote in message
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When the hair dryer is on, our 15AMP circuit breaker has been tripping
lately to the bathroom's outlet. Sometimes my wife sees a tiny flash
when the power to the outlet goes out. I just looked at the outlet
and it's a 20amp GFCI on the 15AMP circuit breaker. I just looked at
the three neutral wires on the other side of the pigtail and they are
melted.

So, here are a copy of questions

1. Should I replace the outlet with a 15AMP GFIC instead of the 20AMP?

**Yes, but that has no bearing on your problem

2. Can I just cut back the wires that are melted and put in a new
pigtail or should the wires coming into the outlet box be inspected or
possible replaced?

**If there is enough wire to cut them back, beyond the point where the
copper is annealed, that's fine, and I would use pigtails, and be sure that
they're tight