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From: "John A. Weeks III" 
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: weird electrical problem
Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:49:25 -0500
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In article ,
 spambait@milmac.com (Doug Miller) wrote:

> In article , 
> "John A. Weeks III"  wrote:
> >In article <2f1md3d55d92ci7auhbllddvl8gil117bq@4ax.com>,
> > KLS  wrote:
> >
> >> One day I was running the washer, the dryer, and the dishwasher all at
> >> the same time, with no ill effects.  The hairdryer up in the bathroom
> >> blew the circuit, no surprise.  The surprise was that even though the
> >> breaker was off, the washer and dryer were still running (the
> >> dishwasher I'm not sure about, but the light was off, and so was the
> >> hairdryer, after the breaker blew).  What should I look for to solve
> >> this problem?

> The existence of any breakers at all is another unsupported assumption. Since 
> the OP's service is only 60A, it's obviously been there a looooong 
> time, and there's a good chance he has fuses instead of breakers.

He stated above that he has breakers.

> >This is a pretty easy thing to fix, but that is only one
> >of your problems.  Your wiring system is a fire waiting to
> >happen, and you need a rewire.  If I am wrong, then something
> >even worse is going on, and my statement on being a fire
> >hazzard goes double.
> 
> I think you're jumping to conclusions here.

Are you seriously suggesting that his wiring situation is OK and
is not a fire waiting to happen?  Granted, I cannot prove that in
court since I have never seen it in person, but anyone who is in
the business and reads what he has is reasonable in jumping to
that exact conclusion.  If he wants a better opinion, then he
should hire someone to come out and look at it rather than posting
on the Internet.

-john-

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