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Liz, Gabe, gaines_wright and others who responded to my need. Thank you. The problem is finally solved. I'm posting this so others may resolve issues similar to mine. I live in a remote area. Fro...
Hi singingfalls,
Thanks so much for coming back to share how you resolved your reboot issue. This is definitely something to keep in mind for any similar cases, we appreciate you sharing what happened! If you need anything else, please don't hesitate to drop by the community again.
Thanks for the update! So many times around here, people just fade away, and you never really find out what happened.
"Please keep in mind that main breaker box terminals are very hot. I was advised by the power company not to change out the main breaker without calling the power company so they can shut down the power to avoid electrocution and or any unnecessary light shows."
Some of us here suspected that you had some sort of electrical problem. Heat is not a good sign! Back when I was an industrial electrician, we had a company come in twice a year and take infrared photos of all of our electical equipment, looking for hot spots. Saved the company a ton of money to fix the hot spots on down day, rather than suffer an unplanned outage later.
If the terminals in your panel continue to "run hot" after tighening the connections, you may still have electrical problems.
gaines_wright wrote:
If the terminals in your panel continue to "run hot" after tighening the connections, you may still have electrical problems.
Pretty much an indication of an overload problem, something is drawing too much current. Not something I would ignore. What is your main service amp rating?
The arcing problem GabeU described is a definite fire hazard, never mind the electrical noise issue it creates.
BirdDog wrote:
gaines_wright wrote:If the terminals in your panel continue to "run hot" after tighening the connections, you may still have electrical problems.
Pretty much an indication of an overload problem, something is drawing too much current. Not something I would ignore. What is your main service amp rating?
Could be, but since he had a utility out to look things over, I was assuming that everything was sized correctly, and they had also checked the current loads on everything. Just a few minutes work with a clamp on ammeter. Still the way he descibed the heat inside the panel would bother any electrician. If everything is sized correctly, heat usually indicates bad connections.
