Steve: All exposed electrical wires you showed me the other day have been
taped off with electrical tape the same day you showed me them. Can you be
more specific (and send to the building list) what exposed electric wires
remain that are not taped or capped off, since I at least cannot see them?
I will put your thoughts to a qualified electrician and rely on their
advice at this point about how best to redistribute and make more robust
all electrical infrastructure that is currently having noticeably dangerous
issues.
Thanks,
David
On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 5:59 PM, Steve Bloom <stevebloom55(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hmm, it wasn't doing that for at least a couple
days after I made the
change, after which note there was less load on the circuit than before
(IOW the hall lights and LC extension are now on different circuits,
although the kitchen appliances would still have been the vast majority of
the load).. But it is a different breaker than before, so maybe something
to do with that. They can go bad like this. (Did you try just replacing
the breaker?) It's also possible that one of the appliances started
drawing more power afterwards due to having developed some defect. Another
possibility is that the hot water pot, the garbage disposal, the microwave
and the toaster oven have been getting turned on at once. That will
absolutely be enough to blow the breaker. Three together might even do
it. In any case, something seems to have changed more recently. But
please do let me know what the electrician says. Troubleshooting this sort
of thing can be tricky.
Also, is there a GFI in the kitchen (code issue if not)? It hadn't
occurred to me before to look, but now I wonder why the panel breaker has
been tripping instead of it.
David, speaking of those breakers, I noticed last night that the
decommissioned ones still hadn't been removed or at least taped off as you
said you would do immediately following our conversation mid-day Monday.
Presumably you can have the electrician take care of that as well.
To remind you, the other problem with that circuit (current #7) is that
den lights (at least, maybe some receptacles involved too?) is also
attached to that circuit, and should be split off ASAP. I realize you
won't have had time to look at that after you insisted I stop the work I
was part-way through. That's also a code issue as you know, even if it has
nothing to do with the current problem. The electrician again, perhaps,
although it might be a real pain locating where the circuits were joined.
I wouldn't normally have mentioned you by name in this context on an open
list, but I'm following your example. Thanks so much for making it clear
how to proceed properly, and for all your efforts.
-- Steve
On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 5:17 PM, David Keenan <dkeenan44(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Following subsequent reports of a burning smell
and the #7 (ex-#8) still
breaker tripping constantly I am leaving #7 off - please leave it off for
now until it can be assessed by a pro..
Thx,
David
On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 5:01 PM, David Keenan <dkeenan44(a)gmail.com> wrote:
All electrical appliances (toasters, microwave,
hot water maker) in the
kitchen have been temporarily moved to Sudo Room, following the electrical
breaker powering the upstairs & la commune tripping with increasing
regularity.
This circuit powering the kitchen used to be on breaker #8 of the
subpanel in Rise Above (west wall), now it is on #7 moved by Steve Bloom.
Unfo it's now tripping way more than it een used to before, and hi-amp
appliances in the kitchen such as toasters etc almost immediately trip the
circuit. At this point this is a hazardous condition and an electricians
are being called to try and resolve this.
Please do not put any of these appliances back into the kitchen circuit
until this electrical problem has been addressed. And contact me if anyone
has any questions. Thank you :)
Best,
David
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