Wait, are we sure it was really about to start a fire? @williamt44, those cameras can show warm spots from just bad insulation or a light fixture... sometimes it's not as bad as it looks. People get scared over nothing with that thermal stuff. I'd want an electrician to check it before calling it a fire hazard.

That's a really good point I never considered. My buddy had a cheap meter fail on a job and the insurance fight was brutal. You're right that the trusted brand is a form of proof you did things right.

Okay, you just convinced me. I always jumped to the weirdest explanation first. But yeah, a simple tech screw-up makes way more sense.