[Shop-talk] Will a popped circuit breaker ground the hot wire?

[Jim Franklin]

On Apr 17, 2016, at 5:36 PM, Brian Kemp <bk13 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Jim - Is there anything in the circuit that might be creating the path to ground?  Maybe you are getting continuity through an incandescent light bulb.

Yea, just realized (when I reset the breaker to get the ultimate answer :-) ) that the oil burner is connected to the same circuit. It fired up so the circuit is clean. Sure cost me a whole bunch of hours though. 

> 
> If you look closely at the switch, you will probably see the word "TOP" stamped on the metal frame of the switch.

I looked, nothing there. It's a double switch that I'm mounting sideways, something maybe they didn't account for? 

jim
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