What is this brown powder?

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Wiregirl

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I went out to a trouble call where the load center is in the middle of the woods. The electrician that installed it used a GE power mark panel and ran the wires for the dead front doesn’t fit well into the panel. The twenty amp breaker is smoked. However, my biggest concern is what the heck is this powder inside the panel. Did I taste it yes I did. It smells sweet almost like Cinnamon and this is not dirty. I do however have a congested throat this morning so I should not have tasted it. No evidence of beetles ants or termites. 24815A68-7064-4478-8D74-4CB7C7778922.jpeg
Western North Carolina Mountains.
 

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Dennis Alwon

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It looks pretty clean so I can go along with cinnamon. I have never used it that way but it sure looks like it and if it taste like it then that would be my guess.


From the internet so it has to be true
Cinnamon can repel bugs.
  1. Put away your sticky bug traps and stop spending money on bug repellent spray. ...
  2. Cinnamon is considered a natural bug repellent because "insects and other pests don't like the smell of cinnamon, nor are they fond of its powdered texture," explains pest control expert Natalie Barrett.
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Dennis Alwon said:
It looks pretty clean so I can go along with cinnamon. I have never used it that way but it sure looks like it and if it taste like it then that would be my guess.


From the internet so it has to be true
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Based on the way the powder has been dispersed think you might be right.
 
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