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    Default Does this look like a shorted wire?

    Saw this in my attic today and I recently had a breaker trip. Does this look shorted, or just like something rubbed off from a piece of wood or something else in the attic?

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    Wood sap or resin, or the electrician that installed it used it for butt floss.........
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    If it were shorted, it would be misshapen, bulged or otherwise distorted and heat disscolored. That is definitely surface crap.

    Get it ? Butt floss, surface crap ?
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    LOL, thank you. Made me pretty nervous when I saw it. Could definitely rub it off, but I wasn't trying too hard in case the sheath was really burnt through. This is a terrible picture, but there appeared to be some "depth" when viewed in person. Thanks again.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SideShow Bob View Post
    ...or the electrician that installed it used it for butt floss.........
    Ewww.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Irving View Post
    LOL, thank you. Made me pretty nervous when I saw it. Could definitely rub it off, but I wasn't trying too hard in case the sheath was really burnt through. This is a terrible picture, but there appeared to be some "depth" when viewed in person. Thanks again.
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    Looks like poop to me. Smell it.

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