Ken, sounds like you still have a electrical wiring issue in your house. These
little outlet testers are handy, got mine at Home Depot and made by Commercial
Electric, not very expensive and you just plug it into the outlets to test open
ground, open neutral, open hot, hot/gnd reverse, hot neutral reverse, and
finally if the outlet is wired correctly. I found one outlet in the kitchen
where the safety ground was missing. Dangerous as it was next to the sink and
where a coffee pot was plugged in. That one took me totally by surprise.
Expect the unexpected.
Anyway good luck with it.
73
Dale, k9vuj
For some time, I HAD constant trouble with the GFCI which is in the circuit
which feeds the washing machine in the basement. less than 15 feet from
my station, would trip every time I was on 40 meters. It hasn't done that for a
couple of years now, though, ever since I put in what I consider to be a
proper ground.
The piping from the city water main is plastic, Even so, the ioncompetent
jackasses (a couple of geology students) who did some modification to the
wiring in this house before we bought it connected the panel ground to an
interior copper pipe which was connected to the plastic main. As a ground it
was worthless.
I replaced the original panel with a 200 amp panel, did a major rewring job (I
am a qualified electrician) and connected that, through a #8 bare copper wire
to 3 ea 8 foot ground rods,driven to within 2 inches of their tops, all wired
together and about 2 feet apart.
> I am not trying to be critical but am simply looking for alternative ways of
> dealing with the problem.
You and me both. :-)
Ken Gordon W7EKB
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