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Old 02-01-2012, 05:09 PM
 
Location: Ohio
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Lucky your house didn't burn down.

I came home one day to find a surge protector busted (kind of like someone took a hammer at it). No smoke or charred outlet like your pic, but there must have been a 'surge' of some sort. Luckily nothing was affected (TV, etc. were plugged into it) and I got a new one and plug it back into the same outlet. It's been years now and nothing has happened. So it's still a mystery what happened.
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Old 02-01-2012, 05:52 PM
 
Location: sowf jawja
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Did your circuit breaker trip>? If not, I woudl want to know why. Maybe you do need an electrician after all.

because there was no short-circuit. just an overload of the night light, not the breaker.
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Old 02-01-2012, 07:05 PM
 
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because there was no short-circuit. just an overload of the night light, not the breaker.
Correct and it happened really fast with next to no chance of drawing over 20 amps.
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Old 02-02-2012, 02:32 AM
 
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great to know it was not bedroom and no other loss.
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