Re: My Wiring 3 Kidde Smokes Together Problem

[Crash Gordon® <NONE@xxxxxxxx>]

Yes, as much as we could, we disconnected the neutral, hot, and ground =
from the main panel (physically). The only thing we could not disconnect =
is the bond ground to rebar in the slab. I suppose the neighbors house =
could be leaking...?
Hmmm thats a thought I guess.

It's driving us crazy though I can tell ya that.

"Ranger" <hd_ranger@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message =
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> Crash,
>             Did you isolate your equipment from an earth ground?  I =
have
> seen up to 4 volts AC from the ground itself to anything bonded to the
> neutral in homes.  Much later, we found leakage from cable TV in one =
case,
> and from underground high tension power in the second.  This was =
affecting
> buildings on our campus over a 5-6 acre area - it doesn't have to be =
your
> building at all.
>             We had people getting 'shocked' in the shower - but the =
voltage
> was coming from the water in the drain! Touch anything bonded to the =
panel
> neutral (water pipes/shower knobs in this case) and you got tickled... =
.
> Penn Power had a crew shutting off transformers and then checking for
> voltage all one day - never did find the actual leak, but we had them =
kill
> the whole line and the voltage went away.  A rubber shower mat was our
> solution for the power leak
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> Rick C
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> "Crash Gordon=AE" <NONE@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> No drops, it's not an aerial feed, it comes in underground from the
> tranformer which is about 25 feet away between this house and the one =
next
> door. The higher voltage induced current is the upper level of the =
home,
> when we moved the alarm panel from an upstairs closet to lower level =
the
> voltage dropped considerably...and that's when it became an =
intermittant
> problem rather than chronic. The voltage was high enough to lock up =
the
> processor in the panel and also in the keypad!
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> It's gotta be coming through the air. We physically disonnected the
> mains...and still had problem. I mean we completely isolated the house =
from
> all main connections including service panel ground.
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> I tell ya it's them fucking Belgiums polluting our air waves with rfi
> muzzling!
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> "Robert L. Bass" <robertlbass@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > > I thought the same thing, until we turned
> > > off the main breaker in the house and
> > > measured voltage on the loops (which were
> > > now disconnected even from the alarm
> > > panel) and were still getting voltage. From
> > > where?
> >
> > It's possible that the mains have induced current in them from =
beyond the
> > breaker if there are parallel drop cables.  Otherwise, it's =
anybody's
> guess.
> > The fact that it's an intermittent problem may help you to determine =
the
> > source.  Try using the inductive pickup from your tone set to track =
stray
> AC
> > voltage with the mains off.  If this doesn't help, you might have to
> install
> > an (expensive) AC recording device to trace the problem.  The =
printout
> will
> > tell you the times when AC occurs and when it stops.  The rest is =
going to
> > be detective work on your part.
> >
> > Before you begin you might want to take a close look at any long =
wiring
> > runs.  If there's anything close to 110/220 stuff, consider moving =
it.
> The
> > rest is stuff you already know.
> >
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> > Regards,
> > Robert L Bass
> >
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