Electrical question for tvguy
#1
I took some photos of a problem that my daughter is having with her dryer. I can't figure out how to paste them here but maybe these links will work. In a nutshell, one leg of the pigtail is fried right at the connection to the dryer. It fried the pigtail and the wire behind the connection. I found a very small "rub" in the pigtail on the same leg as the problem. There is a strand of wire exposed. But at the point of the "rub" there is no indication of heat... If the strand of exposed wire was hitting the frame of the dryer, where would the meltdown occur?

And maybe you can tell me how to upload these to this forum???? I have them stored online at photos.google.com

https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipNn...ube_fOZzQU

https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipN2...NR5k2dX_GW

https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipO6...wUt3rAN8K3

The last photo shows the rub to the left of the image.

Edit: You won't be able to use those links. I'll see if I can find a different photo sharing site to use.
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(12-28-2019, 03:40 PM)GCG Wrote: I took some photos of a problem that my daughter is having with her dryer. I can't figure out how to paste them here but maybe these links will work. In a nutshell, one leg of the pigtail is fried right at the connection to the dryer. It fried the pigtail and the wire behind the connection. I found a very small "rub" in the pigtail on the same leg as the problem. There is a strand of wire exposed. But at the point of the "rub" there is no indication of heat... If the strand of exposed wire was hitting the frame of the dryer, where would the meltdown occur?

And maybe you can tell me how to upload these to this forum???? I have them stored online at photos.google.com

https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipNn...ube_fOZzQU

https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipN2...NR5k2dX_GW

https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipO6...wUt3rAN8K3

The last photo shows the rub to the left of the image.

Edit: You won't be able to use those links. I'll see if I can find a different photo sharing site to use.
This works great and it's fast.

https://postimages.org/


A single strand of wire would most likely just vaporize and not even trip the breaker. What you describe is almost always from a loose connection. A loose connection creates resistance and the current flowing through resistance creates heat.
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(12-28-2019, 09:05 PM)tvguy Wrote:
(12-28-2019, 03:40 PM)GCG Wrote: I took some photos of a problem that my daughter is having with her dryer. I can't figure out how to paste them here but maybe these links will work. In a nutshell, one leg of the pigtail is fried right at the connection to the dryer. It fried the pigtail and the wire behind the connection. I found a very small "rub" in the pigtail on the same leg as the problem. There is a strand of wire exposed. But at the point of the "rub" there is no indication of heat... If the strand of exposed wire was hitting the frame of the dryer, where would the meltdown occur?

And maybe you can tell me how to upload these to this forum???? I have them stored online at photos.google.com

https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipNn...ube_fOZzQU

https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipN2...NR5k2dX_GW

https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipO6...wUt3rAN8K3

The last photo shows the rub to the left of the image.

Edit: You won't be able to use those links. I'll see if I can find a different photo sharing site to use.
This works great and it's fast.

https://postimages.org/


A single strand of wire would most likely just vaporize and not even trip the breaker. What you describe is almost always from a loose connection. A loose connection creates resistance and the current flowing through resistance creates heat.

We'll see if your link worked for me

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(12-29-2019, 10:35 AM)GCG Wrote:
(12-28-2019, 09:05 PM)tvguy Wrote:
(12-28-2019, 03:40 PM)GCG Wrote: I took some photos of a problem that my daughter is having with her dryer. I can't figure out how to paste them here but maybe these links will work. In a nutshell, one leg of the pigtail is fried right at the connection to the dryer. It fried the pigtail and the wire behind the connection. I found a very small "rub" in the pigtail on the same leg as the problem. There is a strand of wire exposed. But at the point of the "rub" there is no indication of heat... If the strand of exposed wire was hitting the frame of the dryer, where would the meltdown occur?

And maybe you can tell me how to upload these to this forum???? I have them stored online at photos.google.com

https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipNn...ube_fOZzQU

https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipN2...NR5k2dX_GW

https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipO6...wUt3rAN8K3

The last photo shows the rub to the left of the image.

Edit: You won't be able to use those links. I'll see if I can find a different photo sharing site to use.
This works great and it's fast.

https://postimages.org/


A single strand of wire would most likely just vaporize and not even trip the breaker. What you describe is almost always from a loose connection. A loose connection creates resistance and the current flowing through resistance creates heat.

We'll see if your link worked for me

[Image: fJthtd3k]

[Image: 2qmpKX0B]

[Image: 1nCL4Rsp]

<shrug> I guess I'm just doing it wrong.
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