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Originally Posted by Richard
Many crimp contacts intended for use with 10-12 AWG wire are insulated with yellow plastic. The blue-plastic insulated contacts are usually intended for use with 14-16 AWG wire. Forcing 12 (or 10!) AWG wire into a blue-plastic insulated contact usually results in some missing strands, a poor crimp, and a potential hot spot. That appears to be what happened in the case shown by your picture.
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Definitely good to know, thanks!