Sparkdoctor
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- Location
- Jacksonville, FL. Duval
I ran into a good one the other day, the customers complaint was a lighting circuit tripping. We determined that the living room, sitting room, and hallway were on that circuit. The owner showed me that turning on the recessed lighting in her sitting room would trip the breaker. With apparently nothing really on in the area we determined that about all that was turned on was a couple of table lamps, not really the 14.5 amps I was reading on my amp meter. I looked for additional loads something stubbed outside, a space heater, anything, it just wasn't there. I finally started unplugging whatever I found that was plugged in, when I unplugged the 1 table lamp the load went down 14 amps. The bulb was working and as soon as I plugged it back in I regained the 14 amp load. She said there was a lightning storm in the area when the whole thing started. I carried the lamp home with me I was planning on doing some forensic stuff, that didn't work, as soon as I plugged it into my outlet in the work shop it blew up, so I could no longer see anything it smoked the socket and burnt the wires off and all. In hindsight I should have played with it a bit more before I plugged it in. Go figure!