[sdiy] very ot...home wiring / grounding???

[Tim Ressel]

Sounds like a bad connection. The increased moisture
caused the bad connection to connect for a while.

If this is the case, then its very bad. A bad
connection that goes in and out can produce large
amounts of heat and cause a fire. 

Yours sounds like a bad neutral. Start at the breaker
panel. All of the white neutral wires terminate there.

--TR

--- Dean Stiglitz <deknow at deknow.com> wrote:
> hey all,
> 
> helping my brother in law troubleshoot some
> electrical problems.
> 
> yesterday when testing an electrical problem (no
> bathroom light or fan), both conductors on the light
> were "hot", and 2 of the 3 conductors on the fan
> were hot as well (i didn't have a meter handy, but
> had a neon light electrical tester).  i thought
> there was a wiring problem, and was prepared to
> re-wire today.
> 
> today, all seems to be as it should...one hot wire
> for the light, one for the fan...nothing else has
> changed.
> 
> since we have had quite a bit of rain recently, it
> seems to me it is likely something weird with a
> ground fault interupt and the wet weather...anyone
> have any ideas?
> 
> deknow


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