Reason Behind a Melted Failed Electrical Outlet

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In this video, I dive into the common causes behind failed receptacles, explaining why these electrical outlets stop working and how you can prevent future problems.
Failed outlet, electrical failure, melted outlet, outlet meltdown, electrical hazards, outlet safety, electrical problems, home maintenance, electrical repair, dangerous outlets, outlet inspection, electrical troubleshooting, outlet replacement, outlet fire hazard, electrical maintenance, electrical safety tips.

[@Karina_Engr]

THank you ❤

[@Karina_Engr]

If the wire melted off, or arc-ed off, I want to replace the whole wire. Is that overkill or a good idea?

[@rashellyohn5128]

Thank you for creating this vid and the knowledge that you are sharing. I have a breaker that is charging 4 outlets. The daisy chain goes to the front room outlet then goes to a room and powers two more outlets then goes to one more outlet in the next room where it ends. The first outlet is fine, powering one power strip that charges the internet, sometimes Xmas lights. Then the circuit went into my son's room where he had too much connected to one of the outlets and melted the other outlet that had less connected to it but too much still. So glad the house is still standing. My concern is that the romex that caried the power to the outlet also melted and now the wires may be exposed along the route. Is there a way to test these wires to check if they are now all exposed. New wires may now have to be pull from the breaker box to these outlets. I will have to cut into the sheet rock due to unknown nails the wires could get snagged on and to set the wires into place. Just trying to understand the whole picture. Also, these outlets are from the 50's with thick gauge romex and hardly to no wire to work with. No 6" feed loop on any outlets to work with. What would you do?

[@remoteelectrician]

yes wires are stapled every foot and 6inch within each box. usually no need for new wires but if melted outside of electrical box you can put a junction box and extend the wire for that section .

[@rashellyohn5128]

@@remoteelectrician The hot wire is melted past the box. Waiting for son to clear everything off his shelf so I can dismantle the shelf and remove sheetrock to see how far back its melted. Could I just wago nut a new hot wire cutting out the portion that has melted.

[@isThatAYeti]

Good info all round however you can’t be comparing wagos with the cheap push connectors . Wagos are used extensively in Europe and are often the go to for electricians in place of wire nuts. They are industry proven. Push connectors etc I agree 100% but original wagos that are correctly specced if they fail the person installing them doesn’t know what they’re doing

[@remoteelectrician]

yes, when it's done by pro, not a diy guy. (you guys use stranded wiring so it make sense why it's popular)

[@Cymaphore]

A failed 2273? What happened? They are pretty much standard on all the 16A circuits in germany and I NEVER heard of a failed one... Sounds more like someone made bad work and stuffed in a badly bend and twisted end in by force, otherwise it puzzles me how that could even theoretically happen.
Most of the time failure is due to overage things or loose screws. Never seen an actual failed WAGO in the field. Weird.

[@remoteelectrician]

In USA all people care about is to pass an inspection. Some strip it short, some strip it long, people can overload the circuit, sometimes power is on 14awg, light has 18awg, many examples cant list it all, wiresnuts best option imo.

[@Cymaphore]

@@remoteelectrician Good point. I'll never understand why some people care so little about what the're doing.
Out of interest, about that inspection thing: How is the testing and measurement process handled with the inspectors? Here in germany every electrician has to have a multi function tester (something like the Fluke 1662 or similar) to document the mandatory isolation resistance, Zi / loop resistance / psc, ground continunity and rcd trip time measurement values of the new install.
But I have never seen US electricians in videos doing this. Is that done by the inspectors and the electricians have to come back later to do corrections based on the inspectors test report?

[@Cymaphore]

@@remoteelectrician Okay, I did some further research and found out that the US did not adopt IEC 60364-6 containing these strict measurement and testing requirements that I listed. These procedures are not required by NEC as far as I could find out. The whole inspection topic in the US seemingly works completely different from what I'm used to.

[@zizo4921]

How do i know if the problem is the outlet or the braker?

[@remoteelectrician]

you start with breaker of course. if it doesnt trip and stays on but some of the outlets in the circuit are off you have lose wire in the chain of outlets

[@zizo4921]

@@remoteelectrician the breaker keep stripping every 3 or 4 days, so the breaker is bad?

[@usa5439]

​@zizo4921 doesn't mean it's bad. If you're running too many amps then it's doing its job by tripping. Also if it's a GF/AF breaker and it's tripping because of that then it's doing its job.

[@remoteelectrician]

@@zizo4921 if you're overloading then its not bad. it has to trip so your wires dont melt. if you have 15 amp circuit and plug in more than 15amp combined it will trip. some people plug portable ac which draws 10-12 amp on a 15 amp circuit which may have lights and outlets, of course it'll trip. "define the LOAD capacity, max load".

[@kathyhane5338]

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[@okaro6595]

Wirenuts? Nobody uses them in Europe anymore. Even sockets are wired with Wago style connectors.

[@remoteelectrician]

not in USA.

[@bb55555555]

I only use wagos now in my house. so far I've been very happy with them