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Posted by RBM on June 20, 2007, 10:33 pm
Each of the two double pole breakers reads 240 volts at the breaker, but
something less at the dryer and at the AC. What exactly is the reading
across the two hot legs at the dryer and the AC?
>I reread what I originally typed, and guess I sent the message too soon.
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> Yes, the breakers are fine and the power in the breaker box is fine.
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> The problem is at the other end of the line.
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>> So, you didn't lose any voltage at the breakers as you first indicated?
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>>> Both breakers are working perfectly.
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>>>> It sounds like you lost one pole of each double pole breaker. Just
>>>> loosing 11 volts wouldn't stop it from working. If you lost one pole of
>>>> each of those breakers you probably lost one leg of the main breaker or
>>>> the entire service. In a modern breaker panel, there is pretty much no
>>>> way to loose one leg of just two breakers
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>>>>> In my breaker box, I have two 40A breakers side by side. One is for
>>>>> the A/C, one is for the electric dryer.
>>>>>
>>>>> Seemingly simultaneously, both of them experienced a loss of power
>>>>> (around 11V) on one leg. Thus, neither the dryer nor a/c work.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can anyone imagine how this could happen, seemingly simultaneously?
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>>>>> H
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