Hi everyone, any chance for some help? What could cause the kitchen lights, that are on a circuit that has recently died to come on when I turn on the stove, a couple other circuits have died too, one only has 70 volts between hot to neutral , but between hot and ground it's 110, I've investigated a dropped neutral with a multimeter with the old style (Edison) fuse box opened up, and everything is checking out ok, I guess I do not know what the proper test is to find problem. I always use new insulated gloves, tools, and shoes. The two 60's(main) two 35's(stove) the two 20's(waterpump, Washer) and six 15 amp(rest of house) fuses are all good. Please help, Thank you.
Interesting! I had an inspector tell me not to seperate them in the box and made me bunch 2 seperate circuits together. I agree with you, they should be kept seperate
@@wizard3z868 I do love those things but I dont think enough time has passed to know the pitfalls and flaws. Maybe they deteriorate over time? Who knows. I'll stick to twisting nuts.
@@WeatherNut27 o I only wld use em for multi circuit grounds and maybe fixtures tht wld be normally changed out.I'm honestly a copper crimp and nylon cap guy. and I always twist my wires and use wire nuts when I have to and pretwist the nut is just an insulate the real connection is the twist. It was taught to me and over 20 yrs never a problem
What can I tell you but one room is total black out. No power at all in the outlets and the light fixture too. Even took out a light in second room and a plug in third room. It was furnace and computer room and used 2 tiny space heaters too. We turned on /off the breakers both panels so many times even letting it cool off for hours. Next utilities company came out and checked everything he says the panels and breakers are good. Didn’t lose a leg. I don’t know what happened and how to fix it. Crazy but could be the plugs were burnt out but that’s what the breakers are for and doesn’t explain the lights going off. And as for the other light and outlet going out in the other rooms. Any help be appreciated thanks
I have flicking lights and could not figure out why. So I call electric company to check it out if they have a problem with their service ! I think I made a mistake bc they are going in check my wires and box. It’s an old house and an old service box with old wires going in !! Q. Will they shut down service????
Question, what can cause some of my 1983 home circuits to have 128 Vac at some of the outlets and all others to have 123Vac and cause 15 Vac to be traveling back through the catv coax center conductor back to the catv pedestal until it overheats then the catv wire and shorts it and melts it near the catv pedestal tap. Confirmed, no electricity is coming from the catv system to the home and the Vac is all the same 123Vac at the breaker outputs. I have been chasing this for days, no Vac nor Vac is coming out from the 3 catv boxes.
Sound like a neutral wire issue at the service. Since the CATV is grounded through the panel and the neutrals are too. If the service drop is damaged that amperage is searching for a return path. In this case the Cable drop.
Ground leakage should be normally very tiny not enough to cause a GFCI to trip. However with tie-ing multiple circuits in metal boxes and conduit is asking for problems. In U.K. and Europe grounds are always sleeved for that reason.
yup, another quick reno gone wrong; that house is not wired ready for arcfault. anything to do with the ground system has to have a proper contact, and preferably 0 bare grounds in conduit.
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Hi everyone, any chance for some help?
What could cause the kitchen lights, that are on a circuit that has recently died to come on when I turn on the stove, a couple other circuits have died too, one only has 70 volts between hot to neutral , but between hot and ground it's 110, I've investigated a dropped neutral with a multimeter with the old style (Edison) fuse box opened up, and everything is checking out ok, I guess I do not know what the proper test is to find problem. I always use new insulated gloves, tools, and shoes. The two 60's(main) two 35's(stove) the two 20's(waterpump, Washer) and six 15 amp(rest of house) fuses are all good.
Please help, Thank you.
Interesting! I had an inspector tell me not to seperate them in the box and made me bunch 2 seperate circuits together. I agree with you, they should be kept seperate
This is a big reason I'm switching to lever wagos they can be all tied together but with a flip of a lever isolated easy
@@wizard3z868 I do love those things but I dont think enough time has passed to know the pitfalls and flaws. Maybe they deteriorate over time? Who knows.
I'll stick to twisting nuts.
@@WeatherNut27 o I only wld use em for multi circuit grounds and maybe fixtures tht wld be normally changed out.I'm honestly a copper crimp and nylon cap guy. and I always twist my wires and use wire nuts when I have to and pretwist the nut is just an insulate the real connection is the twist. It was taught to me and over 20 yrs never a problem
What can I tell you but one room is total black out. No power at all in the outlets and the light fixture too. Even took out a light in second room and a plug in third room. It was furnace and computer room and used 2 tiny space heaters too. We turned on /off the breakers both panels so many times even letting it cool off for hours. Next utilities company came out and checked everything he says the panels and breakers are good. Didn’t lose a leg. I don’t know what happened and how to fix it. Crazy but could be the plugs were burnt out but that’s what the breakers are for and doesn’t explain the lights going off. And as for the other light and outlet going out in the other rooms. Any help be appreciated thanks
Even in the 90s why would you use a 16-space panel? "Uh duh, I'm gonna save money by using a smaller panel and then spend more using twin breakers"
I did not wire this. It was a service call .
@@Petersonelectricllc I know, do you agree that whomever wired this should have used a larger panel?
@@Petersonelectricllc Even the el-cheapo townhouse I used to live in, which sold for all of $125k in 1994 when it was built, got a 20-space panel.
I have flicking lights and could not figure out why. So I call electric company to check it out if they have a problem with their service ! I think I made a mistake bc they are going in check my wires and box. It’s an old house and an old service box with old wires going in !! Q. Will they shut down service????
Are they getting a new circuit for their greenhouse?
Question, what can cause some of my 1983 home circuits to have 128 Vac at some of the outlets and all others to have 123Vac and cause 15 Vac to be traveling back through the catv coax center conductor back to the catv pedestal until it overheats then the catv wire and shorts it and melts it near the catv pedestal tap. Confirmed, no electricity is coming from the catv system to the home and the Vac is all the same 123Vac at the breaker outputs. I have been chasing this for days, no Vac nor Vac is coming out from the 3 catv boxes.
Sound like a neutral wire issue at the service. Since the CATV is grounded through the panel and the neutrals are too. If the service drop is damaged that amperage is searching for a return path. In this case the Cable drop.
What would taking all of the grounds, then neutrals off tell you?
Using continuity you can see that’s shorting or if there is one
Wow cool find
"Hay House"? never heard of that before. looks like a nightmare.
a twist on hay bale & adobe??
Pretty cool, but stinks.
Excuseme! What's the reference code that say to bound all the ground together in boxes?
314 talks about this.
@@Petersonelectricllc thanks.
is that an eaton panel? i worked on one that looked just like that today.
Eaton / Cutler Hammer CH
yes
Was it a bad GFCI tripping the circuit? Or A bad cord?
Ground fault in a box and conduit, and bad GFCI with cords cut in the Green house.
Peterson Electric
I Thought it was a bad GFCI
Both and more
Ground leakage should be normally very tiny not enough to cause a GFCI to trip. However with tie-ing multiple circuits in metal boxes and conduit is asking for problems. In U.K. and Europe grounds are always sleeved for that reason.
yup, another quick reno gone wrong; that house is not wired ready for arcfault. anything to do with the ground system has to have a proper contact, and preferably 0 bare grounds in conduit.
No it was older than 2002
Nice "GREENHOUSE" get any "FREE" samples ?
No, never done weed in my life. Yet I live in a GREEN STATE> LOL