Shit man, need you to come to my place and check an outlet. I used a portable AC connected by an extention cord in it and the plug melted into the socket. no idea if it's compromised now
Yeah man I would replace that for sure.
Yeah, its probably f-ed. You probably pumped too much amperage through it or there was already a short or something. Were you using one of those shitty small extension cords or one at least as thick as your index finger?
10 gauge thick boi. Portable AC's just use a LOT of juice. I bought a good quality swamp cooler for this summer. hopefully it'll work
Damn, ok then. Yeah. It could have just been the outlet then? It might be compromised and could have been failing. I would still replace it if you can, maybe a GFCI on it too.
Its possible that your problem is in the breaker box. You might have a bad breaker or your breaker might be rated too high for the wire in the walls. That would let it draw too much juice before tripping letting it overheat and melt/ark.
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