"JIMMIE" wrote in message
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On Jul 4, 8:54 am, flips333 wrote:
On Jul 3, 1:47 pm, dpb wrote:





RBM wrote:
"flips333" wrote in message
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So I just moved into thisnewplace and I have a problematicoutlet.
I have pluged threefansinto it and all three are busted. ...
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Your fix it guy could start by testing theoutletvoltage with something
other than appliances, possibly a volt meter

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Think????

LOL...

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Thanks to all who helped and here's the answer... the neutral is
receiving power. Thus it blows out any and all normal appliances that
go in it. Until I can get someone to fix it I'm just gonna fill it
with those baby proof socket fillers.

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When my friend lived in base housing there was a dedicated 120 VAC 20
amp circuit beneath a window so you could install a window AC unit.
Someone connected the neutral to the to the hot bus so they would have
240 for a larger unit. His wife found out about it when she plugged in
a christmas tree.

Jimmie

Whoever reconnected the wiring for 240 volts, should have replaced the
receptacle, as no 240 volt appliance will fit in a 120 volt receptacle. This
is very possibly the same scenario as the OP