I got a replacement power cord for my Onyx today and it required me to replace the existing outlet with a 20A twist lock plug (don't worry, the outlet is on a 20A circuit).
Anyways I played it safe and after I switched the breaker off I checked for power and I was still getting juice (thank god I played it safe). After a little more fiddling I switched the other breaker off that feeds my computer room and the outlet finally had no power. I then went all over the place. Okay, so somewhere between the two breakers and the outlets I had somehow managed to wire the two circuits together (and I had to fix it or else the Onyx would burn the house down). after a bit of investigating I found that if I had only the older 15A breaker on, both circuits (the 15A and the 20A) would be live but if I only had the 20A breaker on the 20A circuit would be live and the 15A circuit would only have 2.3 volts running through it. A but more searching traced it down to that son-of-a-bitch meter I installed a few months back.
Remember that little metal clip thing?
Well when it's in place the meter runs and I get my one way short but if the clip is removed the short is gone BUT the meter does not work. What's confusing me is why the voltage is only going one way through that clip (there are NO diodes or relays ANYWHERE in that meter) and why it's doing it in the first place.
If you recall, we wired the meter up so that the two individual circuits were in a 220V configuration and unless we messed up somewhere there should NOT be any bridging of the circuits (because that would be a fire hazard).
here is that image of how ther meter is wired up again and in theis image the clop is in the "open"position.
^^ In that picture you also see a bit of wire that is coiled up and unused in the upper left corner. I have never figured out what it does.
Anyways I played it safe and after I switched the breaker off I checked for power and I was still getting juice (thank god I played it safe). After a little more fiddling I switched the other breaker off that feeds my computer room and the outlet finally had no power. I then went all over the place. Okay, so somewhere between the two breakers and the outlets I had somehow managed to wire the two circuits together (and I had to fix it or else the Onyx would burn the house down). after a bit of investigating I found that if I had only the older 15A breaker on, both circuits (the 15A and the 20A) would be live but if I only had the 20A breaker on the 20A circuit would be live and the 15A circuit would only have 2.3 volts running through it. A but more searching traced it down to that son-of-a-bitch meter I installed a few months back.
Remember that little metal clip thing?
Well when it's in place the meter runs and I get my one way short but if the clip is removed the short is gone BUT the meter does not work. What's confusing me is why the voltage is only going one way through that clip (there are NO diodes or relays ANYWHERE in that meter) and why it's doing it in the first place.
If you recall, we wired the meter up so that the two individual circuits were in a 220V configuration and unless we messed up somewhere there should NOT be any bridging of the circuits (because that would be a fire hazard).
here is that image of how ther meter is wired up again and in theis image the clop is in the "open"position.
^^ In that picture you also see a bit of wire that is coiled up and unused in the upper left corner. I have never figured out what it does.
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