- Author
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Babrauskas, V.
- Title
- How Do Electrical Wiring Faults Lead to Structure Ignitions?
- Coporate
- Fire Science and Technology Inc., Issaquah, WA
- Book or Conf
- Fire and Materials 2001. 7th International Conference and Exhibition. Proceedings. Interscience Communications Limited. January 22-24, 2001,
San Antonio, TX,
39-51 p.,
2001
- Keywords
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electrical wires
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structures
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ignition
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fire statistics
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insulation
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carbonization
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heating
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thermal insulation
- Identifiers
- causes of U.S. residential fires due to electrical distribution; arcing; excessive ohmic heating; results from Ontario Hydro testing of duplex outlets with poor connections