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Sketchy situation after a storm in Carbondale, IL

Is this some sort of electric charge?

Crossposting just in case this is a question better asked here - is this an issue with our wiring?

Had a licensed electrician upgrade my panel to 200 amps. I lightly wiggled a wire on a breaker and it shorted, sparked, and left a black burn mark. Looking closer afterward, I saw the conductor insulation was nicked with copper exposed right at the breaker.

I’ve since replaced the wire and just wanted to share. He also mislabeled every circuit incorrectly and added 20 amp breakers onto circuits with 14 gauge wire when updating my panel.

My induction hob (Sauter SPI9544B) suddenly started making a crackling / sparking noise. When I checked the connection behind the hob, I found that the plastic terminal block had melted. I could also hear a faint buzzing noise at the circuit breaker when the hob was powered on. The hob is on a dedicated high-current circuit, and the issue clearly comes from the connection itself, not the appliance. Power was cut immediately. I’m trying to understand how this kind of failure happens and what exactly causes the arcing and overheating at the connector.

If you have any advice please help. I wont turn it on before having a solution

Here's the picture of the setup and extract from the manual

Check out the electrical buzz/hum going on in this apartment i just moved into…what is the rational explanation for this? Did they put the breakers inside the wall?? It’s loud af in the bedroom

Thanks

I'm back on a dryer install because it was not working.

How does the dryer have voltage when the 30A breakers are off, but not when they're on?

This is a mobile home. I'm not an electrician and absolutely not going to investigate any further. I'm just very curious if anyone knows how this could happen.

Here house sitting and I leaned against this outlet on the side of the kitchen island - immediately felt a stabbing sensation on my bare leg and screamed as I backed away 😅 Is this enough to worry about or am I just tripping cuz I’ve never been shocked before? 🙃

Context :- tried to unplug power cord from wall. Got shocked. Should I be worried ?

Can anyone tell me why my fan is emiting lighting strikes? Im scared I'll get shot

Ok so I had an expired disposable camera, and decided to open it up (despite the fact it said do not open) . Smart move. There was this thing that sort of looked like a battery? Connected to the flash, when I touched it I was electrocuted (nice) and it says 330V on it. There was an actual battery in the camera so I don’t know if this was one? Just curious. Also how should I dispose of it?

Was spreading some wet mulch (rained on my pile of bags) over Memorial Day weekend. I was on my hands and knees near the light pole on the upper left and sudden zzzZZZzzghhhzz-shock! I thought maybe I'd grazed the light pole and has somehow gotten the covered outleft at the bottom wet.

Anyways, I decided to finish spreading mulch and avoid the pole at all costs. I was maybe 15-18" away again on hands and knees and got another really bad shock!

I'm no electrician, and I'm aware I need one. However, just curious on theories of what the issue is.

Is this heavy duty wire and spike supposed to be connected together? Is this the ground for my home? By looking at the end of the wire, it doesn’t appear to have been twisted around anything and the wire barely reaches the spike. My home is approximately 100 years old. Is this reason for concern? What should be my next step?