Timeline for Checking house wiring for high resistance connections
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| Nov 18, 2016 at 16:42 | answer | added | Jim Stewart | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 17, 2016 at 18:59 | comment | added | Jim Stewart | Now I try to use the vacuum on one of the 20-A CU circuits which I added. I use an extension cord rather than unplug the vacuum and re-plug it in each room being cleaned. | |
| Nov 17, 2016 at 18:51 | comment | added | Jim Stewart | I really would not call this a stress test. I am not drawing enough current to trip breakers. In the past we used a vacuum cleaner on these 15-A circuits wired with 12 AWG AL and I would bet it pulls about the same current as the hair dryer. In this house the two bathrooms are on the same 15-A circuit. When a hair dryer is used in one bathroom the lights would dim in the other, or at least did so with incandescent bulbs, not sure if it still does with LEDs. | |
| Nov 17, 2016 at 14:43 | comment | added | Carl Witthoft | Bad idea. Houses aren't designed for stress tests. Anyway, what do you plan to do with the test results if something "fails" ? | |
| Nov 17, 2016 at 0:35 | answer | added | Ed Beal | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 16, 2016 at 20:16 | history | asked | Jim Stewart | CC BY-SA 3.0 |