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Lights keep going out, without Circuit Tripping cmfuld 08-22-2006
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Posted by Steve Manes on August 23, 2006, 12:50 am
On 22 Aug 2006 20:49:09 -0700, cmfuld@gmail.com wrote:
>What suggestions do you have, and are the prices that he quoted
>reasonable for the work that will need to occur. Also, is this
>something that can be done be a novice electrician, or is it imperative
>to have a certified electrian put th new box in.

I presume the electrician checked to make sure the ground wire for
that circuit was secure to the ground bus in the panel and that there
isn't a break in it?

Steve Manes, Brooklyn, NY
Home renovation site: http://cms.magpie.com/house

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Posted by =?iso-8859-15?Q?Tekkie=AE?= on August 23, 2006, 8:33 pm
Steve Manes posted for all of us...
I don't top post - see either inline or at bottom.

> I presume the electrician checked to make sure the ground wire for
> that circuit was secure to the ground bus in the panel and that there
> isn't a break in it?
>
And this would solve this problem how?
--
Tekkie

Posted by Steve Manes on August 23, 2006, 10:30 pm
wrote:

>Steve Manes posted for all of us...
> I don't top post - see either inline or at bottom.
>
>> I presume the electrician checked to make sure the ground wire for
>> that circuit was secure to the ground bus in the panel and that there
>> isn't a break in it?
>>
>And this would solve this problem how?

What symptoms would you expect on a circuit with an intermittent
neutral near or inside the panel?

Steve Manes, Brooklyn, NY
Home renovation site: http://cms.magpie.com/house

Posted by =?iso-8859-15?Q?Tekkie=AE?= on August 24, 2006, 9:09 pm
Steve Manes posted for all of us...
I don't top post - see either inline or at bottom.=20

> wrote:
>=20
> >Steve Manes posted for all of us...
> > I don't top post - see either inline or at bottom.=20
> >
> >> I presume the electrician checked to make sure the ground wire for
> >> that circuit was secure to the ground bus in the panel and that there
> >> isn't a break in it?
> >>=20
> >And this would solve this problem how?
>=20
> What symptoms would you expect on a circuit with an intermittent
> neutral near or inside the panel?
> =20
> Steve Manes, Brooklyn, NY
> Home renovation site: http://cms.magpie.com/house
>=20
What does your "ground" conductor have to do with the "neutral"?
--=20
Tekkie

Posted by Steve Manes on August 24, 2006, 10:25 pm
wrote:

>>
>> What symptoms would you expect on a circuit with an intermittent
>> neutral near or inside the panel?
>>
>> Steve Manes, Brooklyn, NY
>> Home renovation site: http://cms.magpie.com/house
>>
>What does your "ground" conductor have to do with the "neutral"?

It was an old-timer slip of terminology. Happy now?

Steve Manes, Brooklyn, NY
Home renovation site: http://cms.magpie.com/house

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