In my breaker box, there is a constant hum noise. Every now and then,
little puffs of smoke come out. The buzzing doesn't bother me much, but the
smoke has a burnt smell to it. How do I get this to stop?

Eloise wrote:
In my breaker box, there is a constant hum noise. Every now and then,
little puffs of smoke come out. The buzzing doesn't bother me much, but the
smoke has a burnt smell to it. How do I get this to stop?


Geez.. Ever heard of the YELLOW PAGES? Call an electrician before your
house burns down.

Eloise, 6/15/2005, 10:45:44 PM, wrote:

In my breaker box, there is a constant hum noise. Every now and then,
little puffs of smoke come out. The buzzing doesn't bother me much,
but the smoke has a burnt smell to it. How do I get this to stop?

Hmmm, trolling are we?

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On Wed 15 Jun 2005 07:45:44p, Eloise wrote in alt.home.repair:

In my breaker box, there is a constant hum noise. Every now and then,
little puffs of smoke come out. The buzzing doesn't bother me much, but
the smoke has a burnt smell to it. How do I get this to stop?

Pull the main breaker. You shouldn't have any more problems.

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Greetings,

You probably don't need an electrician. Turn off the breakers one by
one until the buzzing stops. Turn the breaker you just turned off back
on and ensure that the buzzing starts back up. You have now located
the troublesome circuit. Since the buzzing is coming from INSIDE the
box I would suggest that you start by replacing the breaker for the
buzzing circuit. If that doesn't work write back.

Hope this helps,
William

PS: If turning all breakers off doesn't stop the buzzing see what
happens when you pull the meter and write back.

wrote:
Greetings,

You probably don't need an electrician. Turn off the breakers one by
one until the buzzing stops. Turn the breaker you just turned off
back on and ensure that the buzzing starts back up. You have now
located the troublesome circuit. Since the buzzing is coming from
INSIDE the box I would suggest that you start by replacing the
breaker for the buzzing circuit. If that doesn't work write back.

Hope this helps,
William

PS: If turning all breakers off doesn't stop the buzzing see what
happens when you pull the meter and write back.

Eloise won't be writing back...she fried herself pulling the breaker.


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Its the hampsters in there making the electicity. Once is awhile they
stop for a cigarette break (explains the smoke) (they dont all stop
at the same time of you would lose electric)

The humming you hear is the generator that connected to the hampster
wheel. It humms when it runs.

Geeez

"Eloise" wrote in message
...
In my breaker box, there is a constant hum noise. Every now and then,
little puffs of smoke come out. The buzzing doesn't bother me much, but
the
smoke has a burnt smell to it. How do I get this to stop?


Sounds like a faulty flux capacitor. Or maybe the muffler bearings.

"Eloise" wrote:
In my breaker box, there is a constant hum noise. Every now and then,
little puffs of smoke come out. The buzzing doesn't bother me much, but the
smoke has a burnt smell to it. How do I get this to stop?

Call an exterminator to get rid of the yellowjacket nest in your breaker box?

Sounds like the breaker may not be making a good connection to the buss bar.
Could be a bad breaker.
In any case needs attentions ASAP.

Have seen a few times where the connection from the breaker to the bus bar
starts heating up due to a loose connection sometimes starting to arc under
load and will ruin the buss bar for that breaker location. IF other slots
open caould install a new breaker in a new slot and most of teh time will be
OK if no other problems in the panel or with other breakers.

However, Need to have a qualified electrician check.


"Eloise" wrote in message
...
In my breaker box, there is a constant hum noise. Every now and then,
little puffs of smoke come out. The buzzing doesn't bother me much, but
the
smoke has a burnt smell to it. How do I get this to stop?

Greetings,

Even if you don't have a new slot just try a new breaker in the same
slot. The new breaker might be "tighter" than the old one.

William

Eloise wrote:
In my breaker box, there is a constant hum noise. Every now and then,
little puffs of smoke come out. The buzzing doesn't bother me much, but the
smoke has a burnt smell to it. How do I get this to stop?


Next to my box I have a small transformer that powers the doorbell. I
was drilling holes in the beam above to run some wire and sawdust fell
on the transformer. This thing then started to buzz. I vacuumed it off
and the buzzing has gone away.

As for the smoke, call a pro.