Who needs
electrical junction boxes?
We find missing and without
covers gone all the time
This is an overheating connection in an attic, see the melted wires and connectors.
This
thermal imaging scan of the connection shows why an electrical box is a great
idea.
Wires almost always fail at the connections, therefore a electrical box would
had kept this molten
connection coming in contact with the framing.
I measured
that connection to be 435F!! Notice that the connection just a couple inches
down
the wire is at a much more reasonable but still hot 116F.
I am surprised
connection had not caught the home on fire already, I bet it was ever hotter
when
that wire-nut melted off and the insulation charred. Can you imagine all
the smoke that must have
been in that attic at this connection smoldered?
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