TY - JOUR PY - 1978// TI - Electrical wiring in building fires JO - Fire technology A1 - Ettling, B. V. SP - 317 EP - 325 VL - 14 IS - 4 N2 - Electrical wiring (mainly copper) was subjected to overcurrent, arcing, or fire heating in the laboratory. Many samples were also taken from actual fires. The melting and damage patterns tended to be characteristic for each cause of damage, although there was some overlap in effects. Some guidelines on the use of the observed effects are given for helping to interpret the roles of wiring in fires.

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