Almost Had a Fire Last Night
Our dog woke my DW last night (I wasn't home), to a haze of smoke and strong electrical smell. The smoke detectors did not activate! She got our 5yr old granddaughter out, along with the dog. DW pulle...
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myredracer wrote:
Curious - where would you have stranded wire connected to solid on 120 volts? Only place I can think of is the........From what I see online, that particular SCPC Molex connector is listed for #14-12 solid and requires another part no. for stranded wire. Plus, there are 2 different part numbers for stranded wire - one for #14-16 and one for #12. Did the factory use the correct parts? Was the wire stripped properly and were the terminations tight enough.....
Stranded wire feeds the slideout, changing over to Romex at the connector. I didn't take apart the connector, but it appears to be for no. 14 wire, and there's no telling whether they were installed properly inside the connector, although I suspect not.
