Hey You Sparkies - Check This Out

PipeGuy

You guys have got to take a look at this. Have you ever heard of such a weird problem? Cook-top restores power outage
Maybe one of you guys can help?

jbfan

What happened to the link from this site to that site???

I hope I answered the problem. Let me know.
Keith

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jbfan

Never mind, I found the link! Gotta learn to look at the whole site from now on.

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Teetorbilt

Rich, This one is a doozy, #2 burner on stove acting like a switch to power some circuits.

PipeGuy

I thought I'd call up the big guns. Looks like they're gettin' him on the right path already. :Thumbs:

Goose

I had a very strange situation that was similar to this. My brother-in-laws mother called me and said that her electric was doing funny things. Her light by her dryer would come on dimly when the dryer was turned on. There were a few other things as well. Her panel box was in the garage and she had a stove in the garage aw well. She would cook stuff out there and create lots of steam. Well years of this took its toll and one leg of a 50 amp 2 pole breaker was tripped but the other leg was stuck and would not trip. I replaced this breaker and the problem went away. So I guess I would say check all 2 pole breakers. Then turn off breakers one at a time and see if the problem goes away. Then look into that circuit.

boogie

my guess is there is a loose neutral somewhere in the main box or could be outside at the weatherhead . turning on the stove gives a return path and since it is a resistive load meaning generating heat the load is disipated thru the heat in the element more element brighter lights .
just a guess but should be fairly easy to troubleshoot

Goose

I just reread the post. He said that they have 2 panels, one new and the old one. Since the old panel was the main panel box and not a sub panel could the neutral and grounds be tied together causing this? How is the old panel now fed?

jbfan

Looks like we may never know what the outcome of this problem is!

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