Strange electrical experiences

[Standardairconditioner]

I'm still waiting until this thread stops updating, so I can search twitter news for a mobile home in KY that burst up in flames.

 

[hj]

He would if it were a defective neutral, however.

 

[Sponsor]

 

[Travis Hall]

It might be that the connection between the neutral bars is bad. You would not be having the symptoms you listed because of a loose ground.

That's what the problem was. I took off the connector between neutrals and it was smoked. I cleaned it up and put it back together and it is working perfect. Thanks.

 

[Travis Hall]

I'm still waiting until this thread stops updating, so I can search twitter news for a mobile home in KY that burst up in flames.

Lol. I was worried myself about that. But the connector between the neutrals was the problem. It is fixed and working perfectly

 

[Travis Hall]

The problem was a loose connection on the connector for the neutral bars. It's fixed now. Thanks for all the help.

 

[Widgit Maker]

Suggest that you turn off all those arc fault breakers and do you voltage check again. I would remove the breakers to do the checks. In other words, I suspect you have a faulty arc fault breaker that is putting voltage on the neutral.

The problem was a loose connection on the connector for the neutral bars. It's fixed now. Thanks for all the help.

Want to bet? A loose connection to the neutral buss would not put 250 volts between a hot and a neutral.

 

[Jadnashua]

Suggest that you turn off all those arc fault breakers and do you voltage check again. I would remove the breakers to do the checks. In other words, I suspect you have a faulty arc fault breaker that is putting voltage on the neutral.


Want to bet? A loose connection to the neutral buss would not put 250 volts between a hot and a neutral.

If the neutral is open, any 240vac circuit could give you weird voltages through the panel when on (say a WH, or furnace, stove, etc.). In the panel, neutral and ground are connected...if there was a connection from the hot side, you'd normally either have a fire, or trip a breaker.

 

[Bluebinky]

A loose connection to the neutral buss would not put 250 volts between a hot and a neutral.

Huh? The voltage between an open neutral bus and a hot could vary between 0 and 240V, depending on the 120V loads on both hots.

 

[DonL]

Huh? The voltage between an open neutral bus and a hot could vary between 0 and 240V, depending on the 120V loads on both hots.

It would depend if the open neutral was on the line or load side.