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Plug To Fridge
#5721514
01/16/11 12:25 AM
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MARKIT
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The electric circuit that runs Fridge, washer, Gas Dryer as enough power to light a tester but does not pull a load when you turn on the anything the breaker does not trip also have a few sparks around the neutral at the bottom of the breaker panel Any help, I replaced the plugs already
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Re: Plug To Fridge
[Re: MARKIT]
#5721830
01/16/11 01:46 AM
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tgravley aka lewisvillecatfish
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Carefully check and make sure all connections are tight on your panel where all the white and bare wires are connected. Since the panel is sparking you should probably get it checked by a pro
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Re: Plug To Fridge
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#5721853
01/16/11 01:55 AM
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TheGallet
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Is it the neutral homerun for that circuit attached to the neutral bus, or is it the neutral for your service that has sparks? It sounds like it could be a bad neutral, I take it your using a light pen to detect the magnegtic field. Try making sure that the neutral going to the bus bar in the panel is screwed down tight. Then go and check all the receptacles in the circuit making sure all the screws are tight on the hots and neutrals (with the breaker shut off of course  . If its aluminum wire its most likely a loose screw on a receptacle. Let me know if you need anymore help.
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Re: Plug To Fridge
[Re: TheGallet]
#5722213
01/16/11 03:31 AM
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Thanks I will get a few pics of the neutral in the panel board It might be bad everything is tight all wire is copper
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Re: Plug To Fridge
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#5722849
01/16/11 12:12 PM
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OldFrog
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Check the wiring from the receptacle that feeds it....usually a few feet away or on the wall behind it. If you dont find a bad connection there, I'll be surprised. ( make sure the wire isnt stuck in the back of the other plugs too. ..they need to be under the screws.) Sometimes it's two -2 plugs back towards the breaker. If you dont find anything, swap the breaker with another one. It cold be bad. If there are any junction boxes anywhere....check all the connections ( wire nuts).
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Re: Plug To Fridge
[Re: OldFrog]
#5723157
01/16/11 03:20 PM
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MARKIT
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Here is a pic of the neutral Lot of the corrosion is from the doorbell transformer(pic below) that was attached to the neutral bar The one burnt neutral is from an overloaded microwave circuit (I will be pulling a new wire for this circuit) 
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Re: Plug To Fridge
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#5776045
01/29/11 02:03 PM
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Bullfrog2
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These guys may be right but anywhere you see sparks is where the loose wire is. Tight connections don't spark.
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Re: Plug To Fridge
[Re: Bullfrog2]
#5779084
01/30/11 03:06 PM
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hopalong
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if it won't pull the load you have a bad wire/overloaded circuit. get a ammeter and set to ac volts then check the plugs to see what voltage you are getting at the plug, next check the breaker to see what the voltage is there. if you have 120 at the breaker but not a plug (or even 2 or all) a wire has gone bad, rodent chewed etc. if the breaker does not have 120 replace it and test the plugs again, if still no juice at the plugs its a wire. also what amperage is the breaker for those 3, should be a 20 not a 15amp.
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