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Standard plastic material molded over two 120 VAC or 240 VAC pins will in all likelihood contain some level of mobile conductive material in the form of sulfur and/or chloride (Vicars et al. in Low Voltage The Incompetent Ignition Source - Dispelling The Myth, 2010, Sarasota, Fla. National Association of Fire Investigators, 2010, [1]). If these tiny ionic particles (bridge builders) are not capable of moving close enough to touch and then separate, there is no problem and therefore no event. This Ugly Process is also referred to as “Wet Tracking”.
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Vicars, Richard J., Terry Munson, Small, James E., “Low Voltage The Incompetent Ignition Source - Dispelling The Myth”, 2010, Sarasota, Fla. National Association of Fire Investigators 2010.
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Small, J.E. (2017). The Ugly Process. In: Electronic Control Fires. SpringerBriefs in Fire. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52845-8_7
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