On 1 Jan 2005 17:46:27 -0800, wrote:

What do you mean "if I reset the breaker"? Did the breaker trip? If
not,
why would you reset it?
The breaker didn't trip. I reset it (switched off then on) to see what
would happen.

Where did you measure the voltage?
At the receptacle. The voltage is 120V after I reset the breaker.
When I plug in the washer, I initially hear it startup then it stops.
When it stops, I measure about 60V. The receptacle remains at about
60V until the breaker is reset. Note that when I test the voltage
(both times with 120V and 60V) there was no load (the washer was
unplugged).

Thanks, Herb


Have you replaced the breaker yet? They do go bad from ageing
sometimes. Sometimes flipping them off and on kills them if they are
getting corroded inside. Also check the ground wires for that
circuit. I found a major ground wire at one house that was having
lights flickering that was never tightened when they built the house
some 20 years earlier.
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establishment of a standing army, the bane of liberty. . .
Whenever Government means to invade the rights and liberties of
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to raise a standing army upon its ruins." -- Debate, U.S. House
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