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Posted by Sev on January 1, 2007, 10:24 pm
luv2cmwork@gmail.com wrote:
> My friends just purchased a new home.
>
> Attached to the breaker box (screw in type fuses) there is a single
> pole switch. I started tracking this down, to find out what it was and
> this is what I found.
>
> The circuit starts, with a black wire, coming from #17 circuit. That
> black wire goes into the Single Pole Switch on the breaker box. A
> white wire exits the switch and runs to 12/2 wire, which runs to a
> junction box, in the attic. The black wire, on the 12/2 goes into #20
> on the breaker box.
>
> I hope I explained that. If I was following it has one wire (as a
> circuit), it would start from #17 go through the switch and then to
> each outlet and returns and goes into #20 on the breaker box.
>
> The junction box, in the attic, powers 3 outlets, located on the eves
> of the house, right next to the gutters.
>
> First question. This is a 220 circuit, right? With two 110's leading
> to the outlets, it should have 220 to these outlets. (I just realized,
> I didn't look to see if the outlet closely, but it looked like a
> standard outlet on first glance.
>
> Second question. There is no third wire, supplying a neutral. Nor is
> there a ground. Is this normal?
>
> Third question. Are there any guesses, as to what these outlets would
> have powered? My only two guesses are Christmas lights, of some kind.
> Or quite probably some sort of "heater" to heat the gutters or stop ice
> damming?
>
> Thank you for your anticipated responses.
I'll take the 3rd- yup, sounds like heat tapes for the gutters
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