Can A Bad Breaker Cause Low Voltage

A friend suggested a current surge through the wires but my assumption is if there was a current surge the breaker would have tripped or burnt out instead of having a low voltage reading of 102v 105v.

Can a bad breaker cause low voltage.

Active 2 years 9 months ago. Low voltage from circuit bad breaker. I m doing some rewiring work in the kitchen. So i got everything the.

One of my friends suggested that a bad breaker could be the cause but is this really a possibility. The process explained below will help to identify the location of the faulty wire or a connection is causing the low voltage condition. Could it just be the breaker i replaced two months ago was also a bad breaker. If we turn the breaker off on again we can use a voltmeter to find 118 volts in all of the bathroom outlets.

Ask question asked 9 years 4 months ago. Viewed 42k times 5. There were three circuits coming into a junction box that controlled the sink disposal dishwasher a few receptacles and a light. Voltage tests are made at each outlet that is on the same circuit as the affected outlet.

Low voltage in an outlet can occur for a number of reasons and those reasons usually can be divided into two categories. The lights started to dim. The issue we re having is an intermittent voltage drop on the outlets in the bathrooms. One reason an outlet may have low voltage is that it is worn out.

Electrical outlets can wear out the same as any appliance or electrical device. All wiring is copper. The entire house seemed to be suffering from low voltage despite the electrical wires outside being totally intact.