[99cents]

Customer had smoke marks on the wall below the floor warming stat. Stat was in GFCI mode. Cut open the drywall and I could see a broken conductor end sticking out of the insulation in the floor warming lead. Cut it open (it was a melted mess) and suspect it was the factory transition splice from cold lead to heating cable. There was a butt splice attached to the ground braid that fell off while I was working on it. The red and black conductors were broken at the hot spot. I suspect the butt splices for the red and black are further down where they are inaccessible without removing tile.

Any idea what could have caused this? I think I need to phone EasyHeat. I need a new section of cold lead and will likely have to make a repair in the floor.

 

[99cents]

Sorry, it's a sideways photo. Thought I had that corrected .

 

[FrunkSlammer]

Any idea what could have caused this?

 

[99cents]

I have a long history with EasyHeat. Never had a problem.

 

[chicken steve]

Not sure of causes, but there are Utubes on repairs 99....

~CS~

 

[fargowires]

Yep, that was repaired once already. Original sparky needed more wire for patch under tile.

 

[TOOL_5150]

Sorry, it's a sideways photo. Thought I had that corrected .

Its ok, we are used to Canadian pictures showing up sideways... :thumbup::laughing:

 

[asim595]

Upload another photo to watch.

 

[Shockdoc]

Sorry, it's a sideways photo. Thought I had that corrected .

Uhmhumm

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