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There's been some good suggestions given in this thread.
One thing that I thought of is this: When you turn off a water faucet, there is a "water hammer" shock wave sent through the piping, causing it to shake a little. This may have rubbed the insulation off of some wires over time if the wires were touching the plumbing. Likewise, it may have affected the ground conenction where it attaches to the plumbing (What Bill Homer suggested).
Since you seem to be having electrical anomolies when you turn off the faucet, it leads me to believe that the plumbing's slight movement at that moment is related to a change in the electrical circuit. I'd look (if you can get to it) at all the piping and make sure than there are no wires touching it, and make sure the ground wire is well-connected.
Good luck, and let us know what the trouble is/was.
~Peter
(Also not an electrician, but earned degrees in both mechanical and civil engineering... hence the fluid mechanics thoughts.)
posted by 153.90.195...
Water Hammer - a brief dicussion.
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Posts in this Thread:
- OT - lights dim and shock when turning off water faucet, elGT, Thu, 20 Apr 2006 06:55:59
- Thanks for the great input - I will let folks know what, elGT, Thu, 20 Apr 2006 12:24:44
- Re: OT - lights dim and shock when turning off water fa, PGAero
, Thu, 20 Apr 2006 09:40:34 <-- Viewing This Message - Re: OT - lights dim and shock when turning off water faucet, JimBlake
, Thu, 20 Apr 2006 09:22:59 - Get an electrician, jd, Thu, 20 Apr 2006 07:49:14
- Ground is faulty, at a minimum, Bill Homer
, Thu, 20 Apr 2006 07:27:16 - Re: OT - lights dim and shock when turning off water fa, nuysSAAB
, Thu, 20 Apr 2006 07:26:48 - Re: OT - lights dim and shock when turning off water faucet, Mattias.se, Thu, 20 Apr 2006 07:10:03
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