u/Admirable_Yea

I plugged in a 1500 W heater and it stopped working. No breaker was tripped. A 3 prong tester said on every respectable in the circuit that hot and ground were swapped. I knew that was impossible because the circuit had just been working. AI said it was likely an open neutral.

Opened all the receptacles in the circuit that I could identify and the picture shown is the most upstream receptacle.

The white lead connected to the melted terminal had charred insulation but otherwise didn't seem broken.

I removed the receptacle, tied the feed wire to the load wire and all the receptacles test out as wired correctly.

Is there a way to know why this receptacle melted? I suppose it could have happened in the past and then was pushed to a point of full failure when running the heater.

The only thing plugged into the bad outlet recently has been a window fan.

It's a bit scary, that looks really close to a fire to me and I'm not sure if I should try to draw 1500 W from this circuit again.

Noticed this strange growth on some wild serviceberries.

I was eating some of them on the neighboring bush and then noticed many on this bush had this growth.

This bush gets plenty of light and we've had a fair amount of rain.

One mini split's been installed for the main floor already. Works great!

Now I want to add a second for the top floor. The green box is roughly where I think the head should go. The line set would then have to penetrate that roof line which seems like an invitation for leaks and also not really looking forward to that work.

Is there an alternate way?

Not sure what this contractor did wrong. Driveway is only about 8 months old.

Surface is pitting, and there is a crack running across about 1 foot from the cut line.

Anything I can do at this point to prevent further damage or fix what's happened?

Not sure if I'm posting on the right group.

These 4 vertical bricks, were they meant be a vent at one time? The same pattern is at the opposite side of the house.

The top floor (apartment) of the house gets so much hotter than the main floor. I know top floor is always hottest but I'm wondering if the attic space is properly vented. The new roof has all vented soffits but I wonder if airflow is restricted to them and if opening this brick space would allow cross-flow of air through the attic?

Tree was cut down and a few of these are present. Southwest Ontario. The only fungus of this type I can identify so far is turkey tail! Is it artist's conk? It's white underneath

Saw this on the trail today. It's the best photos I could take