Heat is not our friend.
Yes too much current causes HEAT!
Who needs wirenuts
Notice the hot and neutral conductors twisted together and then put under the terminal screw
wirenuts?
A closer shot
Whats a junction box
I found this nailed to beam in the basement of a house. No box, just a couple of roofing nails through the holes in the yoke.
Wire to short? Just splice it!
This was about a foot away from the above outlet