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Originally Posted by logank013
One thing I'm noticing is that there is no 40 amp breaker in the circuit. Could that have caused the fire? I'm sort of using my minimal electrical skills to guess so that's why I'm asking. But they probably had a breaker in it and removed all the breakers and excess wire for the photo.
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The current must run through the breaker in order to reach the wires, so yes they must have taken the breakers out (along side the rest of the wires). The point of the breakers is to cut off power to the wires in the case that they draw too much current, in which case it opens the circuit. In order to open the circuit the current has to run through the breaker.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD6qtc2_AQA