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Voltage in neutral
Hello guys,
I am a new house owner. Pretty handy, but this troubleshooting is killing me :(. I have some things working on one circuit, and some don't. The ones that don't work, have live neutral :(. I have disconnected almost all the junction boxes, and taken out almost all the fixtures/ appliances on that circuit, however; not really able to pin point it. I am confused with few things. 1. If the neutral is short with hot wire, how come the circuit does not trip? 2. If the neutral is hot, how come some of the fixtures on the circuit still working? 3. What would be the best approach to solve this problem? If the problem was hotness missing, I would have just followed it back to where I had it. I have tried the same approach for this issue as well, but didn't really work :(. I have everything on this circuit open right now (off course the circuit is off)... I need to figure it out asap :)... any help would be appreciated. Thanks. |
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Bad Neutral connection is likely at last good box or first bad box on that circuit. Good luck. It is a bad neutral connection. The reason the Neutral is hot and not tripping, is the hot is going through a load(light bulb, fan, TV, or anything plugged in) any Recepticles with the bad neutral. Remove all loads and you will likely see the voltage go from the neutral. |
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