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#4979507 - 08/21/10 09:12 PM Learn me on home electrical. Problem needs solving.
Gaidzak Offline
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Registered: 12/30/99
Posts: 4962
Loc: Carlsbad, Ca
Sup CSi

I'll make this quick.

In my great room at my house, the electric outlets have ceased to function. Well not all ofthem. I will explain.

The great room is on a seperate breaker (20 amp).

The line enters into the room at a junction box. From this junction box the line is split and sent to two different walls of the room.

The east wall two outlets are operable.
The west wall outlets and the north outlets (which are inline) do not function.

I at first thought and may still be the case, that the circuit to the west and north wall has gone open.

I put a voltometer against the plugs of the north and west wall and I read between 112 to 118 volts. The east wall reads 122 volts. So based on the voltmeter my ciruit is notopen and I have power. Or do I?

I proceed to plug in a fan and not to my surprise the fan does not spin. I immediatley, while the fan is plugged in, check the voltage of the second plug; reads 0 volts. I tried a different appliance and again same result.

Is it possible that I have a loose connection at the junction box and when current is being drawn it gives up or is it another issue? Bad ground?

Also the breaker isn't the problem since I moved the line at the breaker box to an open breaker and I got the same result.

Any ideas?

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#4979509 - 08/21/10 09:14 PM Re: Learn me on home electrical. Problem needs solving. [Re: Gaidzak]
Gaidzak Offline
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Registered: 12/30/99
Posts: 4962
Loc: Carlsbad, Ca
Crap!! This is what I get for using an iPhone. Mods can you move this to out there?

If not illcut and paste later when I am on a real computer.
Sorry

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#4979510 - 08/21/10 09:16 PM Re: Learn me on home electrical. Problem needs solving. [Re: Gaidzak]
Serendipitous Offline
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Registered: 04/30/01
Posts: 15300
Loc: Northern California
Cut carbs?
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#4979594 - 08/21/10 10:23 PM Re: Learn me on home electrical. Problem needs solving. [Re: Serendipitous]
Lewis Offline
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Registered: 12/14/05
Posts: 18385
Loc: IA
If you're having problems getting your electrical to fire, try doing a warm up first, nothing big 5-10 minutes.
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#4979827 - 08/22/10 01:56 AM Re: Learn me on home electrical. Problem needs solving. [Re: Lewis]
Gaidzak Offline
Post Master Sr


Registered: 12/30/99
Posts: 4962
Loc: Carlsbad, Ca
Lol

warm ups didn't help. I tried to do sone lightning rounds but that didn't work eithe.

Sorry about the bad post. I do feel embarrassed.

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#4979850 - 08/22/10 02:26 AM Re: Learn me on home electrical. Problem needs solving. [Re: Gaidzak]
ElementBabe Offline
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Registered: 08/06/00
Posts: 36692
Loc: EST
try plugging in something really low power like just a DC adapter w/ nothing attached to it?

then use your DC meter check and see if the dapter is putting out the right # of volts and also check the AC on the other outlet

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#4979942 - 08/22/10 08:18 AM Re: Learn me on home electrical. Problem needs solving. [Re: ElementBabe]
Stretch Offline
BEEF starts here
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Registered: 05/15/02
Posts: 6926
Getting your diet in check and taking a good multi should do the trick.
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#4980504 - 08/22/10 05:09 PM Re: Learn me on home electrical. Problem needs solving. [Re: Stretch]
CStyles45 Offline
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Registered: 11/06/03
Posts: 7351
Loc: Boardman, Ohio
Calories in vs calories out

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#4981119 - 08/23/10 02:30 AM Re: Learn me on home electrical. Problem needs solving. [Re: CStyles45]
Gaidzak Offline
Post Master Sr


Registered: 12/30/99
Posts: 4962
Loc: Carlsbad, Ca
well i figured it out, at the junction box, the wing nut had melted, causing minimal contact of the wires, breaking the circuit when some high voltage unit was plugged in. As antness pointed out, yes a lower voltage unit worked because it didn't require soo much amperage to flow through the barely contacting wires.

lol.. who knew fitness forum could work out electrical issues.

I also have been working out the last three months, and I started frequenting this forum a lot.

I've been doing EAS Myoplex shakes three times a day (42G), eggs in the morning, and cutting out carbs.. training for waterpolo before season starts.

I do metabolic excersizes twice a week, and then upper body and lower body.. My workout is compromised of 4 days per week, then two days of martial arts (sat/sun)

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