This is where I use solder and shrink tubing and a service loop so if the circuit needs a down-the-road lobotomy it makes no difference.
A wire nut that backs off a MARKER LAMP connection can allow the connection to separate, and short. Causing the fuse to fail. Causing the rig to have a blackout in the tail market lamps.
EL SMACKO!
EL LITIGATION!
About thirty years ago I checked on a malfunctioning conveyor engine operating in a pumice mine. I had no electrical because I was waylaid on my day off 20 miles from home on a Sunday fishing excursion.
Battery not charging. Broken voltage regulator wire on a Niehoff alternator on a Dagenham engine. Found a yellow wirenut in the ashtray of my car. Stripped the tiny wire with my teeth. Spun the wirenut on TIGHT TIGHT TIGHT, and the conveyor engine started charging. Tuesday morning bright and early the mine superintendent was banging on my door. An hour later I arrived and found the wire nut had backed off enough to allow one of the two wires to fall out.
Oooooo, Ooooooo, Ooooooo, let's start using NAILS to fix our rigs. Faster and simpler. Gotta work, houses are full of them...
