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[triple_duece]

Got up this morning to check the new fridge out. I put a bottle of water in freezer. It was partly frozen. Open the fridge and light was off. I’ll be a mother fer. Breaker was tripped and nearest place on a Sunday is over an hour away. Karma giving me the big dick here lately.

Next 10 days are stupid hot.

 

[switchhitter]

Dam T shirt weather

 

["J"]

Got up this morning to check the new fridge out. I put a bottle of water in freezer. It was partly frozen. Open the fridge and light was off. I’ll be a mother fer. Breaker was tripped and nearest place on a Sunday is over an hour away. Karma giving me the big dick here lately.

Next 10 days are stupid hot. View attachment 215887

Sure it ain’t a weak breaker?

 

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Went to try to jump shoot some wood ducks. Killed 2 two and missed 2 others. I guess I’m a lil rusty.

Sure it ain’t a weak breaker?

yes I’m sure it is. It’s Sunday so no where close to get one. Breaker is a cutler hammer, I’m sure something else fits it.

 

["J"]

Went to try to jump shoot some wood ducks. Killed 2 two and missed 2 others. I guess I’m a lil rusty.

yes I’m sure it is. It’s Sunday so no where close to get one. Breaker is a cutler hammer, I’m sure something else fits it. View attachment 215904

Can you just swap it for now with another circuit that’s not as important?

 

[triple_duece]

I definitely could but nothing is marked. It’s working fine now on another outlet w a heavy gauge extension cord. Probably will change them all out when I come back or just have some extras when needed.

 

[giles]

Is it the plug itself then?

 

[triple_duece]

Is it the plug itself then?

Could be but doubt it. Isn’t an outlet where you plug and unplug a bunch wearing it out. But I will change it also.

 

[giles]

Could be but doubt it. Isn’t an outlet where you plug and unplug a bunch wearing it out. But I will change it also.

Yeah, but an outlet with a constant pull.

 

[triple_duece]

So had an older gentleman that used to be an electrician camping here in the campground. With not using any power it was showing .4 amps. Then we plugged a heat gun into the outlet and was pulling almost 15 amps. Never tripped. Then we plugged the fridge into it drawing 1 amp and then it tripped. Unplugged it and tested the wire and it was showing power w it off. Probably got a chewed wire somewhere. That’s gonna have to be fixed at another time. Might just run a new wire.

 

[Jackalope]

So had an older gentleman that used to be an electrician camping here in the campground. With not using any power it was showing .4 amps. Then we plugged a heat gun into the outlet and was pulling almost 15 amps. Never tripped. Then we plugged the fridge into it drawing 1 amp and then it tripped. Unplugged it and tested the wire and it was showing power w it off. Probably got a chewed wire somewhere. That’s gonna have to be fixed at another time. Might just run a new wire.

Dang. No problems with other outlets? If you had power on it when the breaker was off, then you likely have power over the neutral. Which isn't crazy because you can get low phantom voltage from a wire that runs alongside the dead wire for a bit. Or a shared neutral on a multi- wire branch circuit where two circuits are sharing the same neutral. They sometimes do this to save wire. You can usually spot it by following the hot leg off the breaker back to the romex. If there is more than a black, white, and bare in there, follow the other one back and see if it is connected to another different breaker. Trip that breaker also, and you should lose voltage on the neutral. Modern code required those two breakers to be joined so when one is off, they're both off. But this wasn't always the case. Either way, I bet you have a bad neutral somewhere on the circuit. Before you run wires, check your neutrals in outlets and fixtures. One of those cheap plug-in testers will help find it also.

 

[triple_duece]

Dang. No problems with other outlets? If you had power on it when the breaker was off, then you likely have power over the neutral. Which isn't crazy because you can get low phantom voltage from a wire that runs alongside the dead wire for a bit. Or a shared neutral on a multi- wire branch circuit where two circuits are sharing the same neutral. They sometimes do this to save wire. You can usually spot it by following the hot leg off the breaker back to the romex. If there is more than a black, white, and bare in there, follow the other one back and see if it is connected to another different breaker. Trip that breaker also, and you should lose voltage on the neutral. Modern code required those two breakers to be joined so when one is off, they're both off. But this wasn't always the case. Either way, I bet you have a bad neutral somewhere on the circuit. Before you run wires, check your neutrals in outlets and fixtures. One of those cheap plug-in testers will help find it also.

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Ain’t no neutral lines in this old thing. Breaker was on and it was using .4 amps. It was off and had continuity in the wire. Figure it out later.

Went duck hunting this morning. Should had my limit. One flew over and I killed it. 3 came in and I guessed I rushed and shot 2 times hitting nothing then killing on last shot. Not much flying and was foggy.

Going home today, had enough of this weather.