fluke

[puckman]

I went on a service call to a old house that had one or two circuits out. I told the owner when he ask me how long it would take to fix that I could'nt give him a exact time. It was clear he was doing some electric work himself.
What I noticed was my flukealert 1ac lite up around two of his switch boxes, all I had to do was touch the sheet rock 3-4 " anywhere around the switch boexes, and if i got to within about two inches of a recepticle in another box the tester would lightup without touching recept. Thats as far as I got when Ifound out he was looking to repair it himself. I never seen that tester to do that before, does anyone have any Ideas why the tester reacted when touching the sheetrock?

 

[TwinCitySparky]

Sounds like a "hot to ground" issue... Did you meter any of the circuits?

 

[TwinCitySparky]

My boss sent me on a service call the other day like this.. Homeowner obviously tampered with most everything.. I just wanted to run screaming.

 

[puckman]

I was in the house for 5 minutes and he ask the cost of a call and that was the end of that.

 

[electricalperson]

I was in the house for 5 minutes and he ask the cost of a call and that was the end of that.

i would tell him "i dont know what it will cost i could be here for a couple of days!"

 

[Rewire]

I was in the house for 5 minutes and he ask the cost of a call and that was the end of that.

I would have told him if I leave right now its $125