On Feb 26, 7:19*pm, "Ralph Mowery" wrote:
"DerbyDad03" wrote in message

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Steve Barker
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...or I could test 3 other grounded circuits in the same house and see
what that same meter reads.
In all three cases the meter reads:
115V between hot and neutral
115V between hot and ground lug
0V between neutral and ground lug
I'm guessing the meter's fine and the problem is with the circuit.

The meter is fine, it is the meter operator.

Many digital meters will not load a circuit so that even the smallest
ammount of induced voltage will show up. Most do not understand this.
That is why you are seeing such oddball voltages on the circuit.

With a lamp plugged into the same GFCI, and turned on, I get the same
"oddball" readings at the GFCI.

With no load on 2 other circuits that I tested, I get the expected
readings of 0 between ground and neutral, 115V between hot and ground.

Fluke 75 multimeter.

Still think it's operator error?

Not so much as operator error, but a case where the operator does not
understand how it is possiable.

We (the others and myself) are just trying to educate you about how it is
possiable for a meter to show voltages like what you have. *WE go through
this almost once a month here where someone has a digital meter and will see
the same thing.

I think several others mentioned a digital meter before you told us what you
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Plugging a light bulb into the circuit doesn't change
anything because it doesn't introduce any ground current.
It's just flowing current between hot and neutral
and you already know that voltage is normal.
In a properly grounded circuit, you could hook a light bulb
between hot and ground and it should light. If
you try that in the problem circuit, my bet is that
it will not light, because you have an open ground
somewhere along the circuit.

The circuit tester showed there was no ground.
With the high impedance meter whenyou connect
it between hot and an unconnected ground wire,
you're going to get a reading of some in
between voltage because whatever ground
wire is there has capacitance, inductance, etc.