Mr. Molewyk of Towel Tracker said the glitch was a "simple wiring problem" that has been fixed.

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Maseth's mother, Cheryl Harris, said wiring problems are a problem for U.S. troops in Afghanistan as well.

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Reinsch told CNN the water was electrified because of "a problem with the wiring going to the dock from the house, " although he stressed that investigators could not pinpoint which of several electrical components on the dock caused the accident.

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In the 2009 recall, GM traced the problem to corrosion in a wiring connector.

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That was an electrical problem, or at least they feel that it was probably an electrical problem, and a fire started in the wiring.

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And if it is true that underconnectivity is indeed the main problem, then treatments might be developed to stimulate the growth of the white-matter wiring.

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