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Same at both.

Full size breakers. Both are working perfectly. Each breaker is about 5
years old (after a heavy up).


"RBM" rbm2(remove wrote in message
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It's the same at the air as the dryer? Are these breakers new or existing?
are they full sized breakers or mini breakers?


"H" wrote in message
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L1 to L2 around 80V
L1 to N - 127V
L2 to N - 11V


"RBM" rbm2(remove wrote in message
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Each of the two double pole breakers reads 240 volts at the breaker, but
something less at the dryer and at the AC. What exactly is the reading
across the two hot legs at the dryer and the AC?


"H" wrote in message
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I reread what I originally typed, and guess I sent the message too soon.

Yes, the breakers are fine and the power in the breaker box is fine.

The problem is at the other end of the line.


"RBM" rbm2(remove wrote in message
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So, you didn't lose any voltage at the breakers as you first
indicated?



"H" wrote in message
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Both breakers are working perfectly.

"RBM" rbm2(remove wrote in message
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It sounds like you lost one pole of each double pole breaker. Just
loosing 11 volts wouldn't stop it from working. If you lost one pole
of each of those breakers you probably lost one leg of the main
breaker or the entire service. In a modern breaker panel, there is
pretty much no way to loose one leg of just two breakers




"H" wrote in message
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In my breaker box, I have two 40A breakers side by side. One is
for the A/C, one is for the electric dryer.

Seemingly simultaneously, both of them experienced a loss of power
(around 11V) on one leg. Thus, neither the dryer nor a/c work.

Can anyone imagine how this could happen, seemingly simultaneously?

H