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Old 06-14-2012, 07:19 PM   #8
glatt
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Arlington, VA
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Geez. I've got a screwdriver with a melted spot on it from a minor sparking accident in my own panel. I thought that was scary, but it was just a single pop and a couple little sparks. Nothing like this.

(Previous electrician had been sloppy removing insulation and there was a hot wire with a bit of exposed copper peeking out from a little gap in the insulation a good 6 inches from the end of the wire. Murphy's law says the screwdriver made contact with it while I was tightening a grounding wire in the panel.)
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