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Old 10-23-2016, 06:40 PM
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Melting plastic smell, Found it. What is this? (pic)

I found the source of the melting plastic smell.

Can someone tell me what connector this is, it was lose and thus overheating.

It melted the part under it as well. Cleaned up the post, nut, and connector with wire brush to get me home.


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Old 10-23-2016, 10:38 PM
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That wire is for the grid heater.
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