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Is a switched neutral light fixture up to code in canada?
Canadian Electrical Code 14-016 "Devices required by this Section shall not be connected in any grounded conductors."
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Entire (Mostly) Home's Lights Flicker when Resistive Loads are Energized
A lost neutral?
Go outside and look at the wire coming from the utility pole to your house. There is a bare carrier wire and two phase wires. Look closely at the carrier wire at both ends. Is it ...
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Why are all the neutral wires in a sub panel burnt or melted?
I lack reputation to comment on this post, but I must make the following remark;
1 element in the photo that immediately drew my attention, but is not menioned in any comments or answers, is the ...
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neutral bar is burnt
The voltage unbalance you measure is quite high, there appears be a problem with the neutral connection outside your home as well as the problems inside it. 240 volt loads may continue to work, but ...
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Why are all the neutral wires in a sub panel burnt or melted?
A possible way a loose wire can cause this after appearing fine for a while is a glowing connection. The poor contact creates a hot spot which causes thermal cycling of the wire and busbar. This will ...
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Why are all the neutral wires in a sub panel burnt or melted?
Because NEC 110.14(D) wasn't followed. A torque wrench was not used to set the screw torques. This is why the rule was added to NEC 2014.
Now if the work predates 2014, it was legal and should not ...
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Why am I measuring 60v at some outlets?
Good job you might have emf still in your house make sure ground and neutral aren’t reversed at outlets.at main box separate neutral (white wire) from ground wires run ground to earth.connect white ...
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