Out Of This World Melted Wire In Breaker Box
Connected to this screw should be a red black or blue covered wire.
Melted wire in breaker box. A bad breaker call a professional. Since you have cut the melted part off and made a new connection you. If you had an amp meter you could check current draw on that breaker.
Turn on your breaker. If the breaker has gone bad then the the breaker wire s insulation could be burning and the breaker itself could be melting due to an electrical overload. If the circuit breaker s wire is loose then the smell means that the wire s insulation is burning.
Sounds like some troubleshooting is in order something is causing the problem got to find it. So the heating process is self defeating usually. The insulation on the wires of the left hand receptacle melted and vaporized back about two inches from the source of the heat the screws.
By that time the connection has gotten so poor it doesn t let current flow through it anymore. In my experience three inches is as far as i see things go. What s causing the burning smell depends on what the issue is.
If the wire connection on the breaker was tight then the loose connection is inside of the breaker. Melted wiring could also be caused by a short circuit which could have also started the fire. Push on the front of the breaker handle to remove the breaker from the slot.
Install the new breaker. Take the cover of the breaker box off. This should be located at the top of the breaker panel.