That 50-volt reading is a red herring. There is an open in the line
somewhere, and the section connected
to the voltmeter is just picking up stray voltage. If you tried to put an
actual load on that line, the voltage would disappear.
Doug
On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 6:26 PM, Tim . <tims_datsun_stuff@outlook.com>
wrote:
> I have an odd situation...
> Our house has existing knob
> and tube in some spots. The three season front
> porch is one such spot: Up above
> the ceiling is a line that feeds a ceiling
> fan. Off the fan is a line that
> feeds an indoor outlet, an outdoor outlet and
> the front porch light. I ve never
> had any issues with this circuit before
> today. The outside light is (was) always
> on using a compact fluorescent bulb.
> I believe this bulb failed a couple days
> ago but am not certain. I know it
> didn t work last night for sure.
>
> All of a sudden this
> afternoon, the inside outlet stopped working. We had had
> the fan on and were
> using a small shop vac at the same time. Now, the fan and
> its light still work
> but the rest of the circuit no longer has power. I
> checked the connections,
> found a loose ground connection, fixed that and it
> wall all good. I put the
> cover back on the junction box and put the outlet
> back together. Now there is
> no power to the outlets or the outside light
> fixture again.
>
> When I put my meter on the
> wires in the junction box, I don t get 120 volts.
> It seems to hover around 50. (I
> had been getting 120 before I put the cover
> back on and put the outlet back
> together.)
>
>
>
> The fan seems to work fine
> and its light is also fine.
>
> I am clueless when it comes
> to electricity so any suggestions are welcome
> please.
>
> Thanks all
>
>
> tim
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