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On Jan 18, 3:42*am, Dean Hoffman wrote:
On Jan 17, 7:06*pm, " wrote:

Whenever my heater fan goes on or if I use a power tool the lights dim
and the tools run kind of slugishly. *Any ideas?


* * * I'd probably start by looking for bad/loose connections.
That's assuming this is an old installation
that worked fine before. * *Don't overlook the neutral connections.
Loosen then retighten the connections.


The above is right. You need to do this urgently. Faults like this
can cause fires/damage to electrical equipment..

You need to find this fault, if you can't, get someone in