wa8yxm wrote:
shakyjay wrote:
wa9yxm what is causing the heat that OP referred to in initial post?
I am from Michigan, not Illinois or Wisconsin, (you got my call wrong)
OOPS my fat fingers don't always hit the right keys anymore, sorry.
wa8yxm wrote:
I do not know what caused the heat, I do not know that there WAS heat, as I said the "molten" stuff looks more like glue to me.
Seeing that the OP stated that the cable was hot I think we can take him at his word.
JimMartin wrote:
went outside only to fins the cable smoking. Tried to unscrew it but it was to hot to touch.
Too hot to touch is a sign that something is amiss. I assume the molten stuff you are referring to is the glob inside the connector. I am not sure what substance they use but connectors do have some kind of plastic looking insulating material in them. I took an old connector and applied heat to it and the material inside did melt. While it did not look exactly like what is in the picture it did look similar enough that it leads me to believe that what we are seeing is melted insulating material. My real concern is that it took quite a bit of heat to get it to melt. If that wire is getting that hot there is definitely a problem.
