On 01-25-2013 18:27, Doug Miller wrote:
Well, what*would* you expect to happen when insulation that has been dried up and
embrittled by excessive heat flakes off of the wires, resulting in electrical arcs between the
exposed conductors?

I would expect a circuit breaker to trip.

However, if arcing causes a speck of hot metal
to pop out onto a tissue .....

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Wes Groleau

Ostracism: A practice of sticking your head in the sand.