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Old 11-09-2005, 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Kuan
Come home this afternoon and half the house has no power. I flipped every breaker except for the main breaker. Any ideas what's going on?

Tell me where this joy of home ownership thing comes in again?
Do you have one of the non-contact live wire indicators? to see if you have power coming off the breakers at the box...

do you have good 220V?

I ask becasue you may have lost 1 of the 2 phases of power coming in to the house...

220V in the USA is really 110V in two phases....
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