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    Aug 14, 2013, 02:12 PM
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    Why would the arcing of a damaged electrical wire fail to trip a breaker?
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    Aug 14, 2013, 02:15 PM
    Is this a "trip" question?

    Don't know. Why don't you ask the electrical forum.
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    Aug 21, 2013, 09:36 PM
    why would the arcing of a damaged electrical wire fail to trip a breaker?
    The answer to that question would be yes. The arcing would be caused by a poor connection between two conductors (the wires). The poor connection would be a resistor to the flow of electrical current and would tend limit the flow.

    A breaker is tripped when there is an excessive flow of electrical current.
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