The case of the mysterious cable arcing

Reece sent this plug-in thermostat and extension cable after an incident when he plugged it in and the cable immediately started burning in the vicinity of the sensor cable.

Quite interesting analysis of the cable damage with bonus teardown of the thermostat.

In hindsight, the fault may have been initiated by the core being partially cut through, as indicated by the outer damage on the cable.

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