Anyway, good call on a loose neutral it seems.
When I first got there I just ran my pximity tester over it. It started beeping. Knew something was wrong. These things can give you pretty good hint if something is live. No, Idon't really trust them with my life, but if they sound off, I feel pretty certain something is live. If it does not sound off, I most likely will check with a multimeter or another volt meter with prongs.
The rec it self was old and the neutral clamp/receiver seemed a little lose to me. It was also covered with crud when I removed the cover as it was upside down on the wall and the cover was busted on one side. I had been meaning to get up there and change the cover. In the meantime, someone
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had wrapped duct tape around it for a temp fix.
This was also the circuit I had to extend when the storm pulled the meter off outside and when I changed the old panel for a newer one with more space in it. I had to install a 4" makeup box a little less than a foot above the newer panel and splice wires using split bolt clamps with the nut the screws down to clamp the wires. On the grnd splice, I had 1 stranded and 2 solids with one attached to the metal box. This splice was lose.
Lying here thinking about it, I think I need to go back in a day or two and see why I have a solid in the box as a ground.
I'm so screwy right now, I may have extended a second circuit with the smaller wire.
Like I said, it was inspected by the city inspector. The same one that came by as I was starting to replace the meter. :whistling2:
Anyway, I'll be back up there to put a screw in the cover of the power block on the stove and will double check things.
I told my daughter I thought I had it fixed, buit to tell her hubby thathe might want to turn it on and off with his hand turned backward in case it got him again. Told her if he turned it on like he normally did, it might make him grip it and he would not be able to turn lose. With his hand backward, he would not grip it and would have a better chance of getting lose.
Heheh, her response? "Are you kiddingme? Is this like forever?" :laughing:
Thanks for the info, I am sure it saved me some time.