So ive had this custom potters wheel for a while and have been trying to get a way to have speed control. In my fumblings I hooked up a dimmer switch. The wheel is not the problem but after I plugged it in is. So I plugged it in and the lights went out. My studio is in a pole barn and it is scarcely wired. I know I had too much on a 20amp breaker but the thing is the breaker didnt flip off. I noticed the lights dim when I tried to get the motor to accelerate, it never did.
So I went to the breaker box and like I said it wasnt flipped. Im getting power but not enough. The lights will work but Ill plug in a fan to test and everything will dim. I removed one outlet from the one wire to reduce the load but nothing changed. I replaced the only outlet on that line and I have the same issue. I swapped breakers and still the issue is present.
Im lost and not sure what is wrong. Could I have fried the main breaker? Can the wire just give up? I didnt see any burns on the wire to the box. This breaker box is tied into the houses box and believe thats through a 60 amp breaker. That one didnt trip either.
What else could it be?
Btw Im new to the forum. Happy to be here
So I went to the breaker box and like I said it wasnt flipped. Im getting power but not enough. The lights will work but Ill plug in a fan to test and everything will dim. I removed one outlet from the one wire to reduce the load but nothing changed. I replaced the only outlet on that line and I have the same issue. I swapped breakers and still the issue is present.
Im lost and not sure what is wrong. Could I have fried the main breaker? Can the wire just give up? I didnt see any burns on the wire to the box. This breaker box is tied into the houses box and believe thats through a 60 amp breaker. That one didnt trip either.
What else could it be?
Btw Im new to the forum. Happy to be here