Help me please my house allmost took flame

MrStickyScissors

MrStickyScissors

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can sumone point me in the right direction of what the problem is. I have a 220 line in one room and 110 in the other room. my breaker box started sparking and throwing out blue flames. it was so hot i had to wait to turn it off. anyone know what i need to fix?
 
Dizzle Frost

Dizzle Frost

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im no sparky...but it soundslike theres a bad breaker or soomething is shorting out maybe

id be safe and shut er down
 
MrStickyScissors

MrStickyScissors

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yeah i shut it down forthe night. but I need to get it running asap. sum one said it might be a bad bar what ever that means
 
Dizzle Frost

Dizzle Frost

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yeah it sounds like its overloading...so somethingisnt handling the power properly....thats my uneducated guess lol
 
Dizzle Frost

Dizzle Frost

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im with ya there..ive ben electrocuted so many fucking times its sickning lol

some guy runs a thread on here, hes a liscend sparky i guess, says he will help with any elec issues
 
ohmy

ohmy

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What are you powern ? Or what was ya.What you have on 220 line and how many amp .. you might only have 15 0r 20 amp breaker and ya draw 30+
 
un named

un named

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yer i wanted to ask a electical question to the same guy but i went to his profile to write him a message but it says he was last on in 2010 :(
 
Rezin

Rezin

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How old is your panel?
Sometimes old breakers seize and don't trip when they are overloaded.
Blue flames usually mean arc flash which is very dangerous.
You need to get an electrician there asap
 
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s0high

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Need a picture.

Im assume a few things here - This has worked before and this just started happening. You did not just add something new.

Things it could be :
Short on incoming line
Bad breaker
Bad bus bar
Bad ballast with bad breaker
Short in main electrical panel

Again, needs some pics

Edit : Im going to take an educated guess and say your incoming power to the breaker box are shorting to the box somehow.
 
MrStickyScissors

MrStickyScissors

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the breakers are scuare D. and there is a 220 line and two 110 lines. they have been running for like 45 months no problem. sumtimes they would trip but not all the time. i dont know if it has anything to do with it but the guy who instaled them said there wasnt enough room so he put spacers in for the 220 line. also one of my lights was flickering a bit i thought that was odd
 
daniel cardenas

daniel cardenas

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you need to find where the short came from or it will happen again normally when that happens the breaker should pop to prevent spark or flame.hard to tell without pics.you can also buy a tester looks like a plug with no cord and has 3 lights on it for 5 bucks, if you plug it into the wall it can tell you if somthing is not wired properly.
 
MrStickyScissors

MrStickyScissors

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daniel cardenas said:
you need to find where the short came from or it will happen again normally when that happens the breaker should pop to prevent spark or flame.hard to tell without pics.you can also buy a tester looks like a plug with no cord and has 3 lights on it for 5 bucks, if you plug it into the wall it can tell you if somthing is not wired properly.
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I have someone comming out today to look at it. I hope it doesnt cost to much to fix. how much does a whole new breaker box cost?
 
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s0high

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MrStickyScissors said:
the guy who instaled them said there wasnt enough room so he put spacers in for the 220 line.
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what? Im not familiar with any spacers? Ive fucked with a lot of electrical shit...... Something bad is going on.

Is there a main break in this box or just individual breakers? Go look at your house panel, its got the on main breaker up top. Does yours have this? "probably not"
 
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s0high

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Is this a legal tap from your main breaker box or is this a "special box". If you live in a legal state then definitely get electrician out there.

I can probably walk you through it if you have pictures but this shit is dangerous......
 
MrStickyScissors

MrStickyScissors

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s0high said:
what? Im not familiar with any spacers? Ive fucked with a lot of electrical shit...... Something bad is going on.

Is there a main break in this box or just individual breakers? Go look at your house panel, its got the on main breaker up top. Does yours have this? "probably not"
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yeah it does. the house is pretty new. there wasnt enough slots so he said he put spacer to fit it. I didnt think that sounded right either. im running 8,000 watts just off the new lines that were put in.
 
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