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Re: [ECS] Grounding and X-10 Reddy Biggs Mon, 29 Mar 1999 22:10:19 -0600

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If the house is only 4 months old, why are YOU fooling with it ??

Your contractor and the electrical subcontractor should be responsible for
this. It sounds like a problem related to installation of the wiring.

Reddy.

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From: Gianino, Glenn <Glenn.Gianino@CAI.COM>
To: <ecs-list@netbloc.com>
Sent: Monday, March 29, 1999 2:16 PM
Subject: [ECS] Grounding and X-10


> Ok, who's up for this one.  Any licensed electricians out there?
>
> First, the details.
>
> Regular duplex outlet.  Line, neutral, and ground connector.
>
> Using a voltmeter;
>
> I connect from Line (blk) to neutral (wht)  and read 120v
> I connect from Line (blk) to ground (green) and read 77vac
> I turn on the hall light, which is downstream from the outlet, and it
reads
> 53vac.
>
> Call me crazy, but its only 2 outlets in the house that have this problem
> and X10 modules don't like being plugged in. (Sporadic on/off)
>
> The house is new, I mean, its only 4 months old. I seem to have lost the
> ground in an outlet and the outlets downstream. (Broken wire in wall?)
>
> I'm thinking I should run a wire straight from the panel to the outlet and
> give it a real ground.
> Any suggestions?
>
>
> Glenn J. Gianino
> Islandia, NY
> 516 342 2308
> glenn@cai.com
>
>

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