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Re: pic: 3692's PDP after catching on fire at Queen City

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Originally Posted by kpie3692 View Post
It was for sure a massive short but the inline breaker and the main breaker never tripped throughout the fire. We are very careful with our electronics so I'm confident it wasnt a chip, that only leaves manufacturing defects.
The trouble with the self resetting breakers is that they will set there self resetting, passing enough current to feed a fire. It probably limits the current enough so the main breaker would not trip. Even 40 amps @ 12V will burn things if concentrated enough. Think car cigarette lighter for those of you with cars old enough to have them.
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