Re: The Home Improvement Thread. Successes and Failures
First off, what are you testing circuit with? If you are using a digital meter, chances are good you are see ghost voltages as the meter doesn't load the circuit enough. I'd guess you would see those voltages on any turned off breaker in that panel. I'd believe your voltages if you were using an old analog meter, a wiggy or even a test light. If you are using one of those then it does sound like you are backfeeding. Those 2 breakers should be on different phases so it would be a dead short.
Did the breaker trip before you changed GFCI?( I assume by GFI you mean a GFCI receptacle?) If it didn't trip I'd look at what you did when changing recept. Shooting the parts cannon at a problem rarely works, you need to look at what you did.
Originally posted by joecct
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Did the breaker trip before you changed GFCI?( I assume by GFI you mean a GFCI receptacle?) If it didn't trip I'd look at what you did when changing recept. Shooting the parts cannon at a problem rarely works, you need to look at what you did.
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