What exactly happens when you plug in an appliance and it creates a spark and electricity is cut off?

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I plugged in an appliance. It immediately created a loud noise and spark. Had to go to the circuit break to flip the power back on. Was it a current overflow in the cord?

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Likely, You really want to unplug it before you flip the breaker, to guard against a fire. Since you don’t seem to have burned the building down, let’s presume it was a piece of wire causing a short. The sound you heard was the wire turning into gas, and apparently not condensing back into a short circuit.

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