I'm between a rock and a hard place....
Doing big renovation and decided to run new electrical as well. Pulling Romex is within my comfort zone but I decided to upgrade my service to 200A and installing a new panel is not something I have any clue about so I brought in a buddy that works at an electric company to help. He seems competent enough at connecting everything but he's not the brightest bulb if you know what I mean. So here is my issue:
1.) We ran all new Romex and pulled the lines to the panel over the course of two weeks while renovating other parts of the house.
2.) We left two or three outlets working off the old panel and they worked great until Sunday morning when non of the power tools seemed to be getting enough power. All outlets at different parts of the property experienced saws not spinning enough to cut even laminate flooring which suggests a severe voltage drop to me.
3.) I connected to a neighbors plug, ran an extension cord and have been working off of that with no issues all week.
4.) We switched all the lines over to the new panel figuring it was the main breaker on the old panel causing problems. And......same thing. Low power at all outlets on the new panel with the new Romex.
We are stumped and looking for some advice before calling out an electrician or the power company, which could cause some issues. On the old panel we tried turning everything off all breakers except one and connecting an outlet to that one and same thing. Now the new panel is doing it too. Is the logical conclusion the power companies transformers? That just seems EXTREMELY coincidental to me that we are working on electrical and this happens. Plus the neighbors obviously have great power. Could something my buddy did in the house wiring wise cause this? Even with breakers all off, what could cause this potentially? Thanks for any help....
Doing big renovation and decided to run new electrical as well. Pulling Romex is within my comfort zone but I decided to upgrade my service to 200A and installing a new panel is not something I have any clue about so I brought in a buddy that works at an electric company to help. He seems competent enough at connecting everything but he's not the brightest bulb if you know what I mean. So here is my issue:
1.) We ran all new Romex and pulled the lines to the panel over the course of two weeks while renovating other parts of the house.
2.) We left two or three outlets working off the old panel and they worked great until Sunday morning when non of the power tools seemed to be getting enough power. All outlets at different parts of the property experienced saws not spinning enough to cut even laminate flooring which suggests a severe voltage drop to me.
3.) I connected to a neighbors plug, ran an extension cord and have been working off of that with no issues all week.
4.) We switched all the lines over to the new panel figuring it was the main breaker on the old panel causing problems. And......same thing. Low power at all outlets on the new panel with the new Romex.
We are stumped and looking for some advice before calling out an electrician or the power company, which could cause some issues. On the old panel we tried turning everything off all breakers except one and connecting an outlet to that one and same thing. Now the new panel is doing it too. Is the logical conclusion the power companies transformers? That just seems EXTREMELY coincidental to me that we are working on electrical and this happens. Plus the neighbors obviously have great power. Could something my buddy did in the house wiring wise cause this? Even with breakers all off, what could cause this potentially? Thanks for any help....
Voltage Drop in the Entire House?
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