Porch lights flicker

[Barnyard]

Electrician opened every receptacle and swith on the circuit and checked for tightness. He found one loose wire. I could have found it myself, but I'm glad I let a pro handle it in case there were other problems. It only set me back $50.00

[Rick Spivey]

That was a fire waiting to happen. So glad you kept after it and found the cause.

[tst]

glad you found it, good thing I was in my shop a year back, smelled plastic burning looked around and the panel was smoking, bad breaker burned up, good thing I was there to yank it out when it happened or the shop would have been toast, had to put in a new panel from the burned breaker

[Lt.Mike]

That’s a smoking gun!
Rick’s 100% right, that was inches away from being a house fire !
Awhile back I bought a contractors box of receptacles and replaced them as I repainted rooms in my house (built in the 70’s).
I found ones that were broken but none burnt.
That’s scary stuff.

[Don McCombs]

You have to be especially vigilant for loose wires if you have aluminum wiring. It was used during the mid 70’s in many parts of the country.

[Bob McCarty]

I'm surprised the insulation was stripped back that far from the screws.

[Jeff Silvey]

I agree with Rick. Glad you got it fixed.

That was a fire waiting to happen. So glad you kept after it and found the cause.

[Steve Butram]

In my Business we call that Arc Heating. A common cause of household Fires.

[BigBill]

I found one problem were someone over tightened the wire on the box and it split. Not a good solid connection. It was on the transformer to the furnace, sometimes the furnace never came on. The PO had cracked pipes and never figured out why. I’m heating with wood so the problem didn’t show up right away. The house has all those bel ray castiron radiators.
Most are brand new.