{"id":10170,"date":"2025-12-01T17:53:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T17:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mci-automation.com\/?p=10170"},"modified":"2025-12-01T17:53:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T17:53:40","slug":"the-hot-phase-that-no-one-saw-until-it-almost-caused-a-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mci-automation.com\/en\/the-hot-phase-that-no-one-saw-until-it-almost-caused-a-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"The hot phase that no one saw\u2026 until it almost caused a problem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Let me tell you about something we saw with a client: we opened a panel that, according to them, \u201cwas working perfectly\u201d\u2026 but one phase was hotter than the others.<br>Nothing was exploding, nothing was cracking\u2026 but something was definitely wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you see a hot phase, rule out the basics: load, consumption, and balance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And when all of that is normal, suspicion falls on one place: the tightening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We checked terminal by terminal, and there was the culprit: a loose screw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s amazing how something so small can generate enormous resistance and start heating up the line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The risk is real and follows this chain:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>heat ? insulation deterioration ? loose connections ? spark ? fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All because of not ensuring a tightening that literally takes 10 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So the rule is simple:<br>If you&#8217;re going to work on a panel, check the tightening before anything else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Safety isn&#8217;t complicated\u2026 what&#8217;s complicated is ignoring it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mci-automation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mci-automation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10171\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mci-automation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-980x551.png 980w, https:\/\/www.mci-automation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let me tell you about something we saw with a client: we opened a panel that, according to them, \u201cwas working perfectly\u201d\u2026 but one phase was hotter than the others.Nothing was exploding, nothing was cracking\u2026 but something was definitely wrong. When you see a hot phase, rule out the basics: load, consumption, and balance. And [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[807,808,810,812,809,811,813,308,281,814,815,816],"class_list":["post-10170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-noticias-en","tag-conectores-criticos","tag-continuidad-de-produccion","tag-fallas-de-conectores","tag-fallas-en-maquinaria-industrial","tag-inspeccion-de-conectores","tag-limpieza-de-conectores","tag-mantenimiento-de-conectores-en-plc","tag-mantenimiento-industrial-en","tag-mantenimiento-preventivo-en","tag-paros-de-produccion","tag-planificacion-de-mantenimiento","tag-prevencion-de-fallas-en-plc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mci-automation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mci-automation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mci-automation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mci-automation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mci-automation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10170"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mci-automation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10175,"href":"https:\/\/www.mci-automation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10170\/revisions\/10175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mci-automation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mci-automation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mci-automation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}