Arjun had been an electrical engineer for twenty-three years. He could calculate voltage drop in his sleep and recite the ampacity of copper wire like a prayer. But today, standing on the scorched roof of a textile mill, he felt like a first-year apprentice again.
He looked out over the weaving floor below. Looms were silent. Workers stood idle. size of conductor
"No, ma'am," Arjun said quietly. "It got hot. Then hotter. The insulation softened, shorted against the conduit, and the arc did the rest." Arjun had been an electrical engineer for twenty-three years