Washing Machine is shocking me
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From: Where's my map???
Originally Posted by Lead Head
OffTopic: Something in my basement seems to be leaking quite a bit of power to ground. Between the ground prong, and my basement floor, reads around 20-30 vAC. Kind of odd.
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From: St Louis
Originally Posted by tewferford
Sounds like the main ground needs to be cleaned and or tightened.
You probably have excessive resistance between your panel's ground and earth ground.
Inspect for the above, also, verify the grounding cable has not been severed. Verify the grounding rod was installed correctly using connectors rated for burial.
If in doubt, install two new rods with new ground cable back to your panel and fix it for certain.
Call an electrician if you are over your head as far as the technical side is concerned. You have a significant safety issue that needs to be fixed quickly.
Steve
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