Even if he cut 99 percent through a wire, you'd still get a full voltage
reading . The dryer or airconditioner wouldn't work, but the no load reading
would indicate full voltage. The most puzzling thing is that its affecting
two independent cables and breakers. In the real world, that just doesn't
happen. let us know what you find. Good luck



"H" wrote in message
news:zGlei.6627$%t6.4161@trnddc02...
Already done, and there is continuity, but the power down the "bad" leg is
bad.

I'll tear apart the wall near where the electrician ran the new wire, and
see if he possibly nicked both of the lines.

"RBM" rbm2(remove wrote in message
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It sounds like you lost one leg of each cable, but I can't imagine how
that could have happened. At this point you'd need to disconnect each
cable from the breaker and at the load end, and do a continuity test to
verify each conductor



"H" wrote in message
news:2Blei.6625$%t6.1633@trnddc02...
In theory, continuous, but they were laid 40 years ago, and I cannot see
exactly where they go.

Note that they were working perfectly until about a week ago, and
simultaneously failed.


"RBM" rbm2(remove wrote in message
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Are the cables that go from the breakers to the dryer and
airconditioner continuous, or are there junction boxes



"H" wrote in message
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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