Brockport Rob
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- Location
- Brockport, NY, USA
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[FONT="][FONT="]I have an interesting electrical situation. [/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT="][FONT="]The homeowner is getting shocked by touching screws and metal switch plates on 1 circuit. [/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT="][FONT="]Lights on circuit:[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="][FONT="]Backyard light[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="][FONT="]Garage light[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="][FONT="]Driveway light[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="][FONT="]Foyer light[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="][FONT="]Bathroom light[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="][FONT="] 2 fluorescent Basement lights[/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT="][FONT="]All lights and switches work.[/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT="][FONT="]Ground is hot at switches but not at panel. I didn’t check the light fixtures.[/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT="][FONT="]I opened up backyard switch. It has a plastic switch box. There were 2 blacks, 2 whites, 2 grounds. Blacks were on the switch. Whites were tied together, grounds were tied together and landed on switch. After taking the black and white wires apart I discovered that both blacks, one white, and the grounds were hot.[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="][FONT="]At this point my head exploded so I put everything back together the way it was and told the homeowner not to use that circuit until I figured out how to fix it.[/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT="][FONT="]Any thoughts would be appreciated.[/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT="][FONT="]Thanks[/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT="][FONT="]I have an interesting electrical situation. [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="][FONT="]The homeowner is getting shocked by touching screws and metal switch plates on 1 circuit. [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="][FONT="]Lights on circuit:[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="][FONT="]Backyard light[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="][FONT="]Garage light[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="][FONT="]Driveway light[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="][FONT="]Foyer light[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="][FONT="]Bathroom light[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="][FONT="] 2 fluorescent Basement lights[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="][FONT="]All lights and switches work.[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="][FONT="]Ground is hot at switches but not at panel. I didn’t check the light fixtures.[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="][FONT="]I opened up backyard switch. It has a plastic switch box. There were 2 blacks, 2 whites, 2 grounds. Blacks were on the switch. Whites were tied together, grounds were tied together and landed on switch. After taking the black and white wires apart I discovered that both blacks, one white, and the grounds were hot.[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="][FONT="]At this point my head exploded so I put everything back together the way it was and told the homeowner not to use that circuit until I figured out how to fix it.[/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT="][FONT="]Any thoughts would be appreciated.[/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT="][FONT="]Thanks[/FONT][/FONT]