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Distribution and use of electricity throughout the home. Electrical standards vary greatly worldwide, so you need to provide your location in your question or profile to ensure you get answers that are relevant to you. Posting photographs of wiring junctions or drawing a wiring diagram and posting it is also highly recommended.

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I am getting shocked on an outlet whose power is isolated at the breaker!

First of all - Be very careful, when there's voltage on the ground wire you know some of the usual rules don't apply. Couple ideas... There is a load and line wire.. wires coming from the breaker s …
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Chirping from a hard-wired fire alarm

If it's managed by a service (like an ADT) I would contact them first. Additionally the system may have actually lost power and is currently running on battery and there is a tripped circuit breaker …
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