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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If a live wire was touching the chassis and tripping the breaker likely because the chassis was grounded that would mean it's wired correctly though. Unless like a neutral broke off and touched the live chassis causing the overload?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

He said live and neutral were reversed. The ground connection to the chassis was correct though!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Ahh I see. By housing you just meant the screw portion of an edison socket.