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Re: [Shop-talk] Will a popped circuit breaker ground the hot wire?

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Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Will a popped circuit breaker ground the hot wire?
From: Jim Franklin <jamesf@groupwbench.org>
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2016 17:59:46 -0400
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On Apr 17, 2016, at 5:36 PM, Brian Kemp <bk13@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Jim - Is there anything in the circuit that might be creating the path =
to ground?  Maybe you are getting continuity through an incandescent =
light bulb.

Yea, just realized (when I reset the breaker to get the ultimate answer =
:-) ) that the oil burner is connected to the same circuit. It fired up =
so the circuit is clean. Sure cost me a whole bunch of hours though.=20

>=20
> If you look closely at the switch, you will probably see the word =
"TOP" stamped on the metal frame of the switch.

I looked, nothing there. It's a double switch that I'm mounting =
sideways, something maybe they didn't account for?=20

jim=

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Kemp &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:bk13@earthlink.net";>bk13@earthlink.net</a>&gt; =
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none; display: inline !important;">Jim - Is there anything in the =
circuit that might be creating the path to ground? &nbsp;Maybe you are =
getting continuity through an incandescent light bulb.</span><br =
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0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"></blockquote><div><br></div>Yea, =
just realized (when I reset the breaker to get the ultimate answer :-) ) =
that the oil burner is connected to the same circuit. It fired up so the =
circuit is clean. Sure cost me a whole bunch of hours =
though.&nbsp;</div><div><br><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span =
style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; =
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0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline =
!important;">If you look closely at the switch, you will probably see =
the word "TOP" stamped on the metal frame of the =
switch.</span></blockquote></div><br><div>I looked, nothing there. It's =
a double switch that I'm mounting sideways, something maybe they didn't =
account for?&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>jim</div></body></html>=

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