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Weird Electrical Problem
My house is less than 2 years old. But the 1 year warranty is over.
Living room lights / fan do not have power most of the time. I double checked the circuit breakers. They are all in the ON position. There are a couple of switches in the circuit breaker. They have a green TEST button. If I hit the TEST button, sometimes power comes in living room on even if the switch is left in the off position or middle position. The power is on for a variable time. Sometimes, it goes off quickly. Other times, it stays for a few hours. Also, the fan and light switch or not independent. If I turn off the light switch it also turns off the fan. If I turn the light switch back on, the fan turns on. For fan to work both fan and light switches must be on. For light to work, only the light switch needs to be on. What is the purpose of the circuit breaker switch with green "TEST" button? Why does hitting the TEST button and leaving it in "OFF" state bring the power on? I thought that the opposite would have happened, meaning power will go off. What could be problem with my electrical connections? The electrical company that my builder used is asking for $75/hour to come and look into this problem. They will also charge $150 for travel on top of this. Should I have to pay them, even though it seems that they did not do the connections correctly in the first place? |
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It sounds like the fan-light may be wired incorrectly at the switch. The
breaker with the light is probably an AFCI breaker, which by current code wouldn't be protecting your living room, and would certainly not be turning the power on with the breaker off. My guess is the tripping of that breaker causes a loose connection in the panel to make. I don't know what obligations the electrical contractor may have, but I would call some electrical contractor to look at it before it becomes a bigger problem wrote in message oups.com... My house is less than 2 years old. But the 1 year warranty is over. Living room lights / fan do not have power most of the time. I double checked the circuit breakers. They are all in the ON position. There are a couple of switches in the circuit breaker. They have a green TEST button. If I hit the TEST button, sometimes power comes in living room on even if the switch is left in the off position or middle position. The power is on for a variable time. Sometimes, it goes off quickly. Other times, it stays for a few hours. Also, the fan and light switch or not independent. If I turn off the light switch it also turns off the fan. If I turn the light switch back on, the fan turns on. For fan to work both fan and light switches must be on. For light to work, only the light switch needs to be on. What is the purpose of the circuit breaker switch with green "TEST" button? Why does hitting the TEST button and leaving it in "OFF" state bring the power on? I thought that the opposite would have happened, meaning power will go off. What could be problem with my electrical connections? The electrical company that my builder used is asking for $75/hour to come and look into this problem. They will also charge $150 for travel on top of this. Should I have to pay them, even though it seems that they did not do the connections correctly in the first place? |
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Sounds like there could be a loose connection somewhere. Maybe in panel.
Also sounds like something was wired wrong. Probably easy for electrician to fix, however not a typical do-it-yourself thing. I would suggest hiring a different electrician. wrote in message My house is less than 2 years old. But the 1 year warranty is over. Living room lights / fan do not have power most of the time. I double checked the circuit breakers. They are all in the ON position. There are a couple of switches in the circuit breaker. They have a green TEST button. If I hit the TEST button, sometimes power comes in living room on even if the switch is left in the off position or middle position. The power is on for a variable time. Sometimes, it goes off quickly. Other times, it stays for a few hours. Also, the fan and light switch or not independent. If I turn off the light switch it also turns off the fan. If I turn the light switch back on, the fan turns on. For fan to work both fan and light switches must be on. For light to work, only the light switch needs to be on. What is the purpose of the circuit breaker switch with green "TEST" button? Why does hitting the TEST button and leaving it in "OFF" state bring the power on? I thought that the opposite would have happened, meaning power will go off. What could be problem with my electrical connections? The electrical company that my builder used is asking for $75/hour to come and look into this problem. They will also charge $150 for travel on top of this. Should I have to pay them, even though it seems that they did not do the connections correctly in the first place? |
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