Can A Bad Breaker Cause Low Voltage

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Can a bad breaker cause low voltage.

One reason an outlet may have low voltage is that it is worn out. A friend suggested a current surge through the wires but my assumption is if there was a current surge the breaker would have tripped or burnt out instead of having a low voltage reading of 102v 105v. The issue we re having is an intermittent voltage drop on the outlets in the bathrooms. Voltage tests are made at each outlet that is on the same circuit as the affected outlet.

So i got everything the. Active 2 years 9 months ago. Electrical outlets can wear out the same as any appliance or electrical device. Could it just be the breaker i replaced two months ago was also a bad breaker.

Ask question asked 9 years 4 months ago. The process explained below will help to identify the location of the faulty wire or a connection is causing the low voltage condition. One of my friends suggested that a bad breaker could be the cause but is this really a possibility. Low voltage in an outlet can occur for a number of reasons and those reasons usually can be divided into two categories.

Viewed 42k times 5. The entire house seemed to be suffering from low voltage despite the electrical wires outside being totally intact. If we turn the breaker off on again we can use a voltmeter to find 118 volts in all of the bathroom outlets. The lights started to dim.

A low voltage condition such as this is may be caused by a fault with the neutral wire. There were three circuits coming into a junction box that controlled the sink disposal dishwasher a few receptacles and a light. The breaker in the box is a gfci with a white square button in addition to the on off breaker switch.