Did anyone catch this article regarding that garage fire? Exclusive: No permit for electrical work where Tesla charging fire occurred - Torque News
In short, there was no permit or inspection done.
But here's the other thing that I noticed when reading that article and reading about the report: 1) it was a NEMA 14-50 receptional with the owner using the UMC 2) the homeowner states that the electrician used 100amp breaker for this. Nobody seemed to pick up on that in the article. What happens if you use a 100amp breaker, lets assume 6AWD wiring, and a NEMA 14-50 with the UMC? Would this cause the adapter to melt or the home wiring to get too hot and catch fire? Obviously a 50 amp breaker should have been used. I'm just curious what would happen if I went down to my panel and started swapping breakers for ones twice their size...(ok CLEARLY I am just looking for a technical answer for this, lol, not that I would do that or anything, I'm just wondering from an engineering perspective what actually would happen... what would cause the heat to generate and resulting fire? ).
In short, there was no permit or inspection done.
But here's the other thing that I noticed when reading that article and reading about the report: 1) it was a NEMA 14-50 receptional with the owner using the UMC 2) the homeowner states that the electrician used 100amp breaker for this. Nobody seemed to pick up on that in the article. What happens if you use a 100amp breaker, lets assume 6AWD wiring, and a NEMA 14-50 with the UMC? Would this cause the adapter to melt or the home wiring to get too hot and catch fire? Obviously a 50 amp breaker should have been used. I'm just curious what would happen if I went down to my panel and started swapping breakers for ones twice their size...(ok CLEARLY I am just looking for a technical answer for this, lol, not that I would do that or anything, I'm just wondering from an engineering perspective what actually would happen... what would cause the heat to generate and resulting fire? ).
