- Author
- 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
- electrical wires | structures | ignition | fire statistics | insulation | carbonization | heating | 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