Posted by Bob on March 04, 2015 at 20:27:21 from (64.255.159.192):
In Reply to: Block heater cord posted by Kerry50 on March 04, 2015 at 12:30:53:
Likely, your breakers are FINE and had no reason to trip because the cord was able to char itself without drawing excessive current beyond the trip rating of the breaker.
You are darned lucky that sparks and hot debris falling didn't light off a fire in burnable debris on the floor!
You got lucky once, now don't press your luck and replace the while unit.
If the plug-in cord got that hot, the pins it connects with at the heater aren't nice and clean and pristine, to make a good contact (without getting hot) with the new cord.
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