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Question - electrical short
I did a stupid thing - but I am curious.
Someone lent me his air compressor on which he had a 3-prong male plug. He had clipped off the ground, leaving the other two. I carelessly plugged the thing into a wall receptacle without paying any attention. That's the stupid part. I turned my back on the receptacle to flip the compressor on switch on. I heard a strange sound, turned around, and a little black smoke was coming out of the receptacle where I had plugged the male plug in. Needless to say, I immediately removed the plug. When I did, one metal prong pulled out of the plug remaining in the receptacle. I turned the circuit breaker off and removed the prong. I think I must have plugged the thing in backwards, since the ground was missing on the plug to prevent that. Dumb! Anyway, I now am curious as to why the goof did not trip the 15A breaker. I think it should have. Maybe the breaker is bad? Agree? I will replace the compressor plug of course. Thanks Jethro |
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