Do any of the 240 volt appliances in the house work (electric water heater
or electric range?). It is possible that one of the hot wires is open
between the pole and the house and the dim lights and strange effects are
the result of the current from the working hot leg feeding through the 240
volt appliances to the other leg, resulting in low voltage on that leg. This
can also happen if you have a very old service with the cartridge fuses for
the main, but I think you mentioned circuit breakers. Any motors that see
the low voltage can easily burn out so check that they are turned off until
this is fixed.


"gartulan" wrote in message
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Folks I have a bit of a problem here--

just got back into my shore house after renting itfor the summer am
having electrical problems of various degrees.

Essentially I turned on my tv one day and power went out to multiple
circuits in the house, interestingly enough the power came back on a
few hours later. what might cause that?

I was told it oculd be loose ground on the circuity I have tightened
everything down in the box and doesn't seem to have helped.

Some of the wring in the house is pretty old so not sure how to
troubleshoot from here. the thing that throws me off ocmpletley is
that on circuit that goes off ifor the upstairs bathroom which was
rewired and 100 % dedicated line...what do I do?


Problem 2---multiple circuits in the house are now all of a sudden
exhibiting a "dimmness" --ie. turn on a 60 watt bulb and it burns
yellow as it not getting enough current....this problem occurs on
multiple circuits but not all and most definitley happend on the
bathroom circuit which, once again appears new and dedicated. n the
upstairs bedroom when you turn on the overhead light it causes a
flickering with that of the lamp as well. problem at the breaker.


whats killing me is that none of these problems exisited before and
now just all of a sudden show up.

I really need some help to localize the problem prior to calling out an
electrician..besides the fact that the electician will most certainly
bill me till I squeal...i need to know what I am dealing with and
diagnos as much as possible so I don't blow an extra g on T and M.


any help would be great..thx!