Hot-Line Clamp Gets Really Hot

Hot line clamps are used in a variety of connection situations. Everyone knows that the conductor must be cleaned to avoid early failure due to high-resistance connections. And proper installation procedures are well understood. But there are times that something can go wrong.
During an EXACTER survey, an emission source was located and logged as an EXACTER Event. Upon review of the location information, it was noticed that this circuit also had a lot of trouble with missed AMR meter readings.
We used RE locating tools to quickly pinpoint the arc-emission source that had been located during the EXACTER survey. The source seemed to be the conductor at a hot-line clamp.
When the clamp was removed, there was obvious damage to the connector.
The clamp was nearly burned through. Luckily, the clamp sustained most of the damage and the conductor seemed to be okay, although we will be watching it.
As a secondary benefit, following the replacement of the clamp on a new area of the conductor, the meter-reading system started reporting 100% readings. EXACTER provided the information we needed to avoid a downed conductor and overcome a vexing AMR issue.