Hi all...I just bought a house with an in-ground pool, and I'm having some issues with the wiring. One specific issue concerns an outdoor outlet supplying power to the pool pump. When we moved in about 2 weeks ago, the pool hadn't been run for a while and we had the pump going pretty much 24/7 for a week to clear out the algae. It cleared out fine and we'd cut back on running the pump. The other morning my wife went out and plugged in the pump and it must have tripped the breaker and she kept re-setting the GFCI breaker (not really understanding the idea) and this appears to have fried the outlet...see photo. It is so melted that I could barely get a set of probes in there, which read the current as around 36V, but since the outer plastic has moved I can't really get a good contact. The plug for the pump has some definite heat pitting on the blades also...I'm attaching a photo of that as well. Obviously the outlet has to be replaced (I'm re-doing the entire pool area anyhow) but I'd like to figure out why it melted and the first place and correct it before I proceed any further. The power supply for the outlet seems to come out of the dirt with no sign of any conduit. although I have not yet dug down to ascertain this. Any thoughts as to what I should do first, or why the breaker was so overloaded as to keep tripping? I'm definitely testing the underground wire ASAP. Many thanks in advance...

There is a humming sound coming from 1 of the baseboards even when it is not heating. I turned the breaker off and the sound stops. The thermostat controlling this is a 12v. Do you think the baseboard just needs replacing or is it something to do with the remote system. I'm not even sure why it runs on a remote system as it's only 1 baseboard controlled by the thermostat.