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Re: Wiring Ring Light?

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Originally Posted by CRLS97 View Post
-btw one of our mentors thought this was weird because a breaker should trip when something shorts, but that didn't happen. maybe because our shorting issue went away after the wire melted? any answers to this o.O?-
The wire on the ring lights is much too small to be adequately protected by a 20A breaker. It likely burned through and eliminated the short before the breaker could trip.