- 1. house wiring problem (score: 1)
- Author: Traci Pearson <pearsontechcomm@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 01:34:38 -0600
- OK, here's a question from an electrical idiot. I've got an odd problem going on with my interior house electrical, and I'm hoping you'll have some ideas. Yesterday morning, I found my refrigerator o
- /html/shop-talk/2005-10/msg00201.html (8,600 bytes)
- 2. RE: house wiring problem (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 04:51:54 -0700
- So if I've got this straight, you've tried the refer on 3 different GFCIs, and all 3 of them have tripped. Seems pretty clear to me that the refer has a problem. Randall
- /html/shop-talk/2005-10/msg00202.html (7,846 bytes)
- 3. Re: house wiring problem (score: 1)
- Author: doug@dougbraun.com
- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 09:35:28 -0400
- It sounds like the GFIC outlet is wired to "protect" the regular outlet(s) downstream from it. Then the GFIC detects a problem in any of the downstream outlets, it will shut off the power to them. An
- /html/shop-talk/2005-10/msg00203.html (7,919 bytes)
- 4. Re: house wiring problem (score: 1)
- Author: John Niolon <JNiolon@uss.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 09:13:39 -0500
- I had an older model (15 years) GE fridge that would do the same thing... we finally summarized (brainstorming with a refrigeration guy) that the wiring in the compressor had developed a intermittent
- /html/shop-talk/2005-10/msg00204.html (7,809 bytes)
- 5. Re: house wiring problem (score: 1)
- Author: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek@Ameritech.net>
- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 09:16:39 -0500
- Besides the problem with your refrigerator as noted in the Randall and Doug's replies, you should NOT plug a refrigerator into a GFCI outlet. NEC specifically states not to do this, as GFCI's aren't
- /html/shop-talk/2005-10/msg00205.html (9,081 bytes)
- 6. Re: house wiring problem (score: 1)
- Author: doug@dougbraun.com
- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 11:17:44 -0400
- When I was a kid, for years our fridge would sometimes give me a tingle when I touched the handle. Finally when my parents bought a new one, I discovered that it had been plugged into an old, ungroun
- /html/shop-talk/2005-10/msg00206.html (8,279 bytes)
- 7. RE: house wiring problem (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim \(IIS\)" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 12:21:30 -0400
- Often the draw of large loads will drip a GFCI, that's why you are not supposed to use them on such circuits. The refrigerator is probably just fine, just getting older and having to work a bit harde
- /html/shop-talk/2005-10/msg00207.html (8,242 bytes)
- 8. RE: house wiring problem (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 10:20:31 -0700
- Ours would do more than just tingle, if you made the mistake of touching the refrigerator and the sink at the same time ! Ours was made before safety grounds were required, so the cabinet was not gr
- /html/shop-talk/2005-10/msg00209.html (8,441 bytes)
- 9. RE: house wiring problem (score: 1)
- Author: Wayne <wmc_st@xxiii.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 14:03:19 -0400
- so what kind of lighting do you prefer.... Oh wait, we covered that a couple months ago ;) -WC
- /html/shop-talk/2005-10/msg00211.html (7,315 bytes)
- 10. RE: house wiring problem (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 11:27:54 -0700
- Fluorescent "Grow" lights, the ones that look faintly pink next to regular lights ... but those were gone before the house was sold ! Randall
- /html/shop-talk/2005-10/msg00212.html (7,460 bytes)
- 11. RE: house wiring problem (score: 1)
- Author: "Gordie's Garage" <mg_garage@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 19:54:11 -0400
- ROTFLMAO
- /html/shop-talk/2005-10/msg00220.html (7,464 bytes)
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