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Help I have an electrical question

 
Anonymous Coward
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01/15/2015 12:34 PM
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Re: Help I have an electrical question
Just put it on a Disney squid.
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01/15/2015 12:45 PM

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Where to start is where the power comes into the house. There will be a couple very big circuit breakers right there in the basement. To test for wiring problems you open that circuit in the dark, with everything turned off in your house. If you see a spark then you have a problem. High bill is a good indicator of that as well.

Was the wiring cobbled together? I bought a farm where the wires to out buildings were laid underground in metal conduit. Rather than the usual way of all wires being run parallel, the two hot wires were wound around the ground before being put underground, probably re-used overhead wires as that's how they're run. Anyway, this generated an electromagnet, which cost money and generated stray voltage. Something like this might be your problem.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 65872340


Well if all the power is shut off and the lights are still burning and you have a huge electrical bill, I'd say you got:

Fricking paranormal shit happening at your place.

You might want to call a realtor, the insurance agent and oh yeah, ghostbusters, a catholic priest, the dalai lama; perhaps even Guiness Book of World Records.

Sell the place or maybe torch it.

Or you could call a friend that has a basic understanding of perpetual motion, Hendershot generator and Telsa coils and shit like that.

Don't ever sleep in that house again!

Get out now!
 Quoting: TEOTWAIKI


Um no just means there's a box we haven't found.
 Quoting: Kelley_girl


Oh, well, yea, that's a possibility also.

As others have suggested:

Look for the service entrance.

It will be close (by code) to where the power line from the utility enters the house. There should be a main breaker and some branch circuits that are feeding the other panels.

You can get one of those dohickies at home depot that will flash and make a noise when you have it near an energized circuit; may help you find the service entrance panel.

I've seen distribution panels hidden in very creative ways. You gotta think outside the box (pun intended)
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01/15/2015 12:48 PM
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Re: Help I have an electrical question
It could be a faulty box as well. Try removing all the fuses or power breakers and see if all your electricity shuts off. It could be the main switch that's faulty and not breaking the power.
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01/15/2015 12:49 PM
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Re: Help I have an electrical question
Where to start is where the power comes into the house. There will be a couple very big circuit breakers right there in the basement. To test for wiring problems you open that circuit in the dark, with everything turned off in your house. If you see a spark then you have a problem. High bill is a good indicator of that as well.

Was the wiring cobbled together? I bought a farm where the wires to out buildings were laid underground in metal conduit. Rather than the usual way of all wires being run parallel, the two hot wires were wound around the ground before being put underground, probably re-used overhead wires as that's how they're run. Anyway, this generated an electromagnet, which cost money and generated stray voltage. Something like this might be your problem.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 65872340


Well if all the power is shut off and the lights are still burning and you have a huge electrical bill, I'd say you got:

Fricking paranormal shit happening at your place.

You might want to call a realtor, the insurance agent and oh yeah, ghostbusters, a catholic priest, the dalai lama; perhaps even Guiness Book of World Records.

Sell the place or maybe torch it.

Or you could call a friend that has a basic understanding of perpetual motion, Hendershot generator and Telsa coils and shit like that.

Don't ever sleep in that house again!

Get out now!
 Quoting: TEOTWAIKI


Um no just means there's a box we haven't found.
 Quoting: Kelley_girl


Oh, well, yea, that's a possibility also.

As others have suggested:

Look for the service entrance.

It will be close (by code) to where the power line from the utility enters the house. There should be a main breaker and some branch circuits that are feeding the other panels.

You can get one of those dohickies at home depot that will flash and make a noise when you have it near an energized circuit; may help you find the service entrance panel.

I've seen distribution panels hidden in very creative ways. You gotta think outside the box (pun intended)
 Quoting: TEOTWAIKI


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The house I live in Has No Main Breaker the Only way to Kill the Power to the Breaker Pannel is to Pull the Meter.

Yea it kinda sucks when one has to replace a breaker as the panel is Alwasy Hot.

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01/15/2015 01:23 PM
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Re: Help I have an electrical question
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The house I live in Has No Main Breaker the Only way to Kill the Power to the Breaker Pannel is to Pull the Meter.

Yea it kinda sucks when one has to replace a breaker as the panel is Alwasy Hot.

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Code only allows this if there are six breaker handles or less.





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