Jeff Wisnia wrote:
Lou Zher wrote:

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I did try rebooting the house, one
circuit-breaker at a time and hunting down all the GFCI resets... no
effect. A check of the neighborhood revealed hotness on the wall
switches leading to the fans.


Questions:

1. When you say "hotness" I presume you're trying to sound like you're
"one of the boys" and are using that term to mean VOLTAGE. If not, and
you really meant that the wall switches are all thermally HOT, then
pull the main breaker move everyone out of the place and get a pro there
fast!

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No, it could have been the relative quality of his housemate who was helping
with the project.