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Default Household voltage question

On 08/23/2016 01:53 PM, John G wrote:
If so I suggest that you have the power company come out and check their
lines to your house. Then have an electrician tighten the connections
in your electrical panel.


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I have seen this before. If the wires are not tightened
properly at the panel, it could cause a fire.

The symptom I saw was that if you turn the lights
on (not off) in the hall, the lights in the living room
got brighter.

In this instance, the power company had to remove about
six inches of burnt wire and reattach at the panel