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Old 8th December 2021, 21:51   #31
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I have often discovered loose screws in electrical plugs and sockets after several years use. ( Thermal expansion and contraction makes them slowly unscrew.)

More likely the trapped wire flows due to pressure of screw with repeated hot/cold cycles..


Well I've found some of the screws really loose and not even in contact with the wire. I really don't see how the wire shrinking could possibly no longer be in contact with the screw.-----and still make it continue to undo itself.
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