On Mon, 14 Jul 2014 15:25:59 -0700, "Pico Rico"
wrote:

A friend had some other friends staying at their beach house, and there were
"problems" with the power. This is third hand, so who knows what the real
story is. I may take a short beach vacation to see for myself.

it MAY be something like:

with both washer and dryer on, power went out. Maybe the main tripped. Or
maybe one side of the main tripped. Or maybe one side of the dryer breaker
tripped.

There is a lot of power consumption and maybe the line voltage was a bit
low?

How does one tell if a breaker is acting funny, like only blowing one side?
Or if the main is tripping a bit too easily? Do you just buy a few new
breakers and give them a whirl?


DO NOT take my electrical advice. I can make smoke

I have a known good, 50 AMP double breaker removed by the HVAC guy. I
think is was a youtube video that showed how to do a continuity test
on the breaker with a meter. The breaker is on the bench, of course.
Continuity was good, based on the testing - off/on on each side. It
'seems' to support what the video explained. But don't trust me on
this.
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