Hoping one of you electrical guys can offer a possible answer to this:
I have a 9 yr old 1500W baseboard heater in one of my rooms. As I was walking by this morning, a loud pop and flash came from the middle of the heater (not at the junction box). Upon inspecting it, there was black residue on a couple of the heating fins and the metal back of the heater. My breaker never tripped off and no stray wires within the JB. The only thing I can figure is there may have been something on the fins that reached the ignition flash point? I do routinely vacuum them out, but I also have two cats that are in their shedding mode, so I'm wondering if that may have been the cause. Anyone have any ideas? To be safe, I am replacing the heater.
I have a 9 yr old 1500W baseboard heater in one of my rooms. As I was walking by this morning, a loud pop and flash came from the middle of the heater (not at the junction box). Upon inspecting it, there was black residue on a couple of the heating fins and the metal back of the heater. My breaker never tripped off and no stray wires within the JB. The only thing I can figure is there may have been something on the fins that reached the ignition flash point? I do routinely vacuum them out, but I also have two cats that are in their shedding mode, so I'm wondering if that may have been the cause. Anyone have any ideas? To be safe, I am replacing the heater.