Re: Electrical question for you jounge

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Nov 16, 2020, 9:34 AM

I was going to weigh in on this snap chat but my phone died before I could send. Good to see that you didn't die from that project, I would have felt responsible.

wiring lights in the attic.
>>>>don't. Just don't do it. Headlamps are like $2 at Lowes/HD. Just wear one when you're up there. It's what I do and it works. Be like me.

There's a hot/neutral/ground going to the light box. In the light box there's another wire connected to the light box wires to run to another light box half way down the attic.
>>>>Okay, they're daisy-chained. This is normal.

Cut breaker off. 0 current going through the light box
>>>>>I doubt you measured current. You probably mean voltage, but either way, you don't have current. So far so good.

Half way down the wire to the 2nd box, 0 current.
>>>>>As would be expected... Still good.

Get to the end of the second wire where the other light box is going, current.
>>>>>Again, I think you're confusing voltage and current. I think this
1-4 volts that you're measuring is just some induced/stray/phantom voltage. It can be ignored. Probably caused by the sheet metal on the trailer, some sort of huge TV antenna in your attic, you're cheap-o multimeter, or the temporary construction pole that is still providing power to your house two decades after it was built. You're good.

Doesn't make sense.
>>>> Just treat it like other things that don't make sense. Chalk it up to God, or whatever and move along.

MauldinT® said not to #### with it
>>>>> He's just looking out for you. Good guy. I agree, just get a headlamp.

Dad of had no clue
>>>>>> He probably is so used to hearing you ask idiotic questions that he's blowing you off.

Friend of said there's always going to be a small charge on everything just because of the neutral and ground being part of the overall electrical work of the house
>>>>>>Like I said earlier. Yea probably the case.

What do jounge? Put in the light box and hope it is only 1-4 volts?
>>>>>>> Yea, go for it.

Cut the wire and say #### it?
>>>>>>> Yea, go for it.

Burn house down?
>>>>>>> Yea, go for it.

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I told him to lick it now you told him to touch it. We cannot tell him where the stray voltage is coming from without investigating. I don't do peoples houses its bad from the get go. I learned a lesson from a friend of mine. He had bought a pre 1972 house and was having problems with his out door light. He asked if I could take a look. I said sure. Went into his attic. 2 wire paper insulation no ground. I found one outlet had the hot and neutral cross but that did not fix his problem. I was still looking and he said some time his bathroom light would act funny. It was working fine when I was there but he kept turn it off and on to try to show me the problem. Went back up in his attic and could see a spark coming for the bathroom light. It was the same line that went to the outside light. the paper insulation had broken down and was sparking against the fixture. I did the best I would with electrical and told him he need to have the house re-wire because it was dangerous. He sold the house instead. I hope it got rewired.

Electrical question for you jounge

Snapchat saw it first

Civil engineers can stay out

Stick to pallet decks. Less likely to die or burn the house