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Old 11-12-2004, 01:26 AM   #11
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I came accross a situation once with one outlet on two breakers. Guess how I figured that out?
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Old 11-12-2004, 03:04 AM   #12
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you stuck your fingers in them?
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Old 11-12-2004, 03:31 AM   #13
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Heh, this reminds me where I fry my harddisk. I foolishly stick a wrong cable/wire to it. I mean it's all look alike anyway. what harm can it bring I though. nope, I was wrong. As soon I turn on the swicth and bzzztttt bzzzttt plus smoke coming out . the hard disk can never be used again
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Old 11-12-2004, 08:07 AM   #14
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they were not scrambled! they were over easy [img]tongue.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]Evidently they were not over easy, but more under easy. [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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Old 11-12-2004, 09:34 AM   #15
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I came accross a situation once with one outlet on two breakers. Guess how I figured that out?
That was one of the things the electrician fixed for me. It's a legit setup in somplace like a kitchen, where the top row of plugs may be on one circuit, and the bottom row on another. That helps to spread the load better.

I discovered it when changing a plug. Third time I got zapped, I figured out that somehow, I must not have turned off all the power [img]smile.gif[/img]
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Old 11-12-2004, 10:08 AM   #16
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I suspect you just crossed both "sides" of your house line. One black was probably 180 degrees out of phase with the other - resulting a dead short at 240v instead of 120v (this is how you get 240 for the stove and dryer)

You also see this kind of arrangement in kitchen split circuits.
how are the waveform phases altered? i didn't realise that was possible... well in a simple device like UPS.
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Old 11-12-2004, 10:17 AM   #17
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Ouch, Larry! I hope you don't find any more hidden fried circuits or damage after all that!

I always call an electrician for things like that...you just reminded me why I do!
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Old 11-12-2004, 01:04 PM   #18
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they were not scrambled! they were over easy [img]tongue.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]Evidently they were not over easy, but more under easy. [img]tongue.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]actually I think they were feeling a bit down about themselves at the moment
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Old 11-12-2004, 06:04 PM   #19
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you stuck your fingers in them?
That would be the Arkansas test light?
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Old 11-13-2004, 04:02 PM   #20
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I suspect you just crossed both "sides" of your house line. One black was probably 180 degrees out of phase with the other - resulting a dead short at 240v instead of 120v (this is how you get 240 for the stove and dryer)

You also see this kind of arrangement in kitchen split circuits.
how are the waveform phases altered? i didn't realise that was possible... well in a simple device like UPS. [/QUOTE]It's not on the ups, it's the way the house mains are wired. There are actually TWO different live wires coming into the house, and one neutral. The two live (black) wires have the same voltage, but are opposite in phase.

Like bungleau says, it's used to spread the load better.
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