Blaze & Daze

Laughing Grass said:
What is that?
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The two wiring nuts that go to the electric water heater. There was no hot water so I shut off the breaker and opened up where the connection is and found that. Cut the wires back and reconnected then flipped the breaker......still no power. So I traced it back to the box.....still nothing. Checked the wires coming into the box before the breaker and I still have nothing.
 
DarkWeb said:
The two wiring nuts that go to the electric water heater. There was no hot water so I shut off the breaker and opened up where the connection is and found that. Cut the wires back and reconnected then flipped the breaker......still no power. So I traced it back to the box.....still nothing. Checked the wires coming into the box before the breaker and I still have nothing.
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Alarming to say the least.
 
DarkWeb said:
The two wiring nuts that go to the electric water heater. There was no hot water so I shut off the breaker and opened up where the connection is and found that. Cut the wires back and reconnected then flipped the breaker......still no power. So I traced it back to the box.....still nothing. Checked the wires coming into the box before the breaker and I still have nothing.
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Time to call an electrician
 
DarkWeb said:
Nope, I did everything an electrician would have charged me for (emergency call would be even more expensive) I called the power company since it's their meter. They are coming to replace the meter.
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Nice. The meter is owned by the property owner here. We had the old glass fuse type and replaced it this spring. $1800 included a new dedicated 20amp outlet for the grow room.
 
Laughing Grass said:
Nice. The meter is owned by the property owner here. We had the old glass fuse type and replaced it this spring. $1800 included a new dedicated 20amp outlet for the grow room.
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Yeah, the breaker/fuse box is mine. The meter on the outside is theirs. I think it's going to be updated to a smart meter which kinda sucks because I had a grandfathered rate for the water heater. So they'll probably replace all three......shop....house and water heater.
 
DarkWeb said:
Nope, I did everything an electrician would have charged me for (emergency call would be even more expensive) I called the power company since it's their meter. They are coming to replace the meter.
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Several years ago I ran a 110 line down to my spring house to add heating tape, so my pipes wouldn't freeze up. Knew I wired everything correctly but anytime I plugged in anything to the outlet, the voltage went from 120 down to zero. Finally had to break down and call an electrician because I just couldn't figure out what was happening. He yanked the meter, took one look at the common line coming in to the meter and said that's your problem. The common line coming in from the power company was corroded so bad, he had to call the power company out to replace that line.

Sometimes it is the power company. ;)
 
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