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Please ensure that you triple-check all connection points...

I accidentally completed a circuit and scorched the copper crimp end on my wire. Is it still safe to keep using? Burnt it but not through, just the surface was scorchedIMG_20200929_132447.jpg
 
It depends on how well the crimp was done in the first place and how long the short was in place. A picture might help to decide. Brief gross current usually won't hurt a robust crimp.
 
JL, thanks for the reminder. It's never easy to share when you get intimate with a K9 and I respect ya for it. I have done the very same thing but luckily the device just didn't work. It is very easy to do. SolarStuff, I'd clean it up and keep using it.
 
I'd have no concerns using that beyond cleaning up the surface if those burns extend to the area under of the washer or other contact points.
 
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