electricalist
Senior Member
- Location
- dallas tx
Went to a service call,very old house, not as old as k&t.
Customer says if she turns a switch on for the kitchen the dining room light flickers. Its a 3 way for the kitchen lights, I put in a new one. The panel wasnt labeled so I went down one side turning them off and as i turned off one of the a phase breakers the dining room lights come on but dim. This was also the kitchen lights breaker and is now off.I turn the breaker back on ,turned the dining lights on and found it to be a diff a phase breaker..
My only guess is those circuits are sharing a neutral and theres reverse polarity somewhere and something is feeding it through like a light bulb or the fridge...
Any ideas,,,,thanks
Customer says if she turns a switch on for the kitchen the dining room light flickers. Its a 3 way for the kitchen lights, I put in a new one. The panel wasnt labeled so I went down one side turning them off and as i turned off one of the a phase breakers the dining room lights come on but dim. This was also the kitchen lights breaker and is now off.I turn the breaker back on ,turned the dining lights on and found it to be a diff a phase breaker..
My only guess is those circuits are sharing a neutral and theres reverse polarity somewhere and something is feeding it through like a light bulb or the fridge...
Any ideas,,,,thanks