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Originally Posted by Rtrorkt
took the offending fixtures to the store where I bought them. We tested both, one worked the other with the discolored wire did not. His assumption is the wire got hot enough to melt onto the wire affecting its ability to conduct.
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Electricity is a little tricky. A wire can be 3/4 chopped though but it will still OHM the same continuity with the meter which only uses low voltage. That fails when it's under load pulling real amps. The restriction or bad connection become the new load/resistance and heats up.