On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 20:36:38 GMT, "H" wrote:

What RBM said

The 11V, I was told by an electrician, actually means zero, since just about
anything, including one's own skin, has that much electricity in it. So,
despite the fact that I said continuity was tested, that was before I
understood that 11V could mean zero.

Not only that, you didn't understand what it means to check
continuity, and maybe you still don't. You don't check continuity by
finding 120 volts at one end and 11 at the other. Or even by finding
120 at both ends. You check continuity by disconnecting the hot end,
the end at the breaker, and disconnecting the dryer etc. at the other
end, and measuring the resistance, the ohms, from one end of the wire
in question to the other.

You coudl do this either by connecting two wires in the same cable at
one, and measuring the resistance between the two of them at the other
end. It should be zero or substantially less than an ohm. OR By
running your own wire from your owhmmeter to the far end of the wire,
and the other wire/test lead from your ohmmeter to the near end of the
wire, and measuring the resistance. It should also be zero or at
least substantially less than an ohm. If you use a continuity tester,
you can find continuity if the buzzer buzzes or the light glows.

You should never have told us you tested for continuity. Especially
since that statement confused people. All you did is test for
voltage, and you should have told us the details of that, but not used
the word continuity.