Author: "Kenneth G. Gordon" <kgordon2006@frontier.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 22:33:43 -0500
OK, Gang, two things have changed since I removed and rolled up the 30+ feet of #8 useless ground wire to the panel: 1) The lights in the shack no longer change brightness in time with the keying of
You're making progress. Get one of those little testers for checking outlet wiring. You might find some more strange things going on in your house. Dale, k9vuj OK, Gang, two things have changed since
Author: "Kenneth G. Gordon" <kgordon2006@frontier.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 08:21:08 -0800
Well, I have two of the darned things around here somewhere. If I can't find one of them, I'll go buy another one. They're cheap. Thanks again, Ken W7EKB _____________________________________________
Shows how outdated my knowledge of testers is. <:-)) 73Roger (K8RI) 're making progress. Get one of those little testers for checking outlet wiring. You might find some more strange things going on i
Roger, I read your post about hooking up a light bulb and it was interesting then I got to thinking that he's doing the same as my little green plug in gizmo I bought at HD. Dale, k9vuj Shows how out
I have an Extech tester for 120vac. Do they make an affordable one for 240vac? -- *David* ~KD4E~ Nevils, Georgia USA Safe & Secure Search Engine: duckduckgo.com Android for Hams: groups.yahoo.com/gro
I've never seen on for 220/240, but they probably do. Dale I have an Extech tester for 120vac. Do they make an affordable one for 240vac? -- *David* ~KD4E~ Nevils, Georgia USA Safe & Secure Search En
Hi Ken, Don't be fooled... Outlet testers can only reliably verify the wiring of the three wires connected each individual outlet, they cannot detect many other dangerous wiring errors commonly found
Dale, k9vuj I had a bad Neutral on the line powering my Avionics shop in Vietnam ca 1969 and one symptom was a glowing light bulb connected between the shop "ground" and a ground stake. It's a bad id
My place, which had all permits and was claimed to have met all codes and inspections had no neutral wire. The neutral for a 200A service, in use since 1981, was the water inside a 110' 1-1/4" PVC w