Chart of the Relation Between
Home Electrical Symptoms and Their Causes
| S Y M P T O M | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAUSE: | Does not work | Goes off and on at will or flickers | Runs dim or bright sometimes | Won’t go off | Shocks |
| Short/Ground-or-arc-fault/Overload | Yes | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Circuit (or main) wire connection poor ("open") | Yes | Yes partially | Yes | -- | -- |
| Ground-fault without an intact intended ground path | -- | -- | -- | -- | Yes |
| Miswiring | Yes | -- | -- | Yes | Yes |
| Bad or mis-set device | Yes | Yes | -- | Yes | -- |
© 2008 Larry Dimock
