Resistive Connection Thermal Trauma

Resistive Connection Thermal Trauma (RCTT) is an electrical fault due to loose or corroded connections.
RCTT was named by InduMission, a company within the UK that promotes electrical fire safety and is raising awareness of electrical faults and their involvement with fires both in the UK and the rest of the world.
Electrical fires are usually categorised en bloc by fire authorities as any fire created by anything electrical. For example, if a light bulb accidentally ignites an adjacent curtain drape, or the accumulative fluff build up in a tumble dryer eventually causes a fire, this is all classed as an “Electrical Fire” Neither of the above however though is caused by connection resistance.

Where the many causes and affects are blocked together under just one heading, it does lead to obvious confusion when it comes to methodologies for remedy and prevention.

RCTT depicts an extremely common electrical malady, yet also seeks to differentiate it from ‘the others’

Where electrical circuits are jointed, this is obviously by definition ‘a connection’. A connection can so often be the weakest point of any circuit whether it is data or line currents which are being handled.

When faulty joints occur in circuits handling current, the condition will inevitably lead to an incremental or more sudden build of a resistance. Resistance will lead to a ‘hot spot’ in the circuit. Hot spots are risky ignition points that can and do create fires; thereby the condition is expressed as Thermal Trauma.

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