About PASCACK VALLEY ELECTRIC Bob Mossman Expertise Licensed Master Electrician (29 years) 6165B Contractor in Closter New Jersey with 38 years total experience in Residential - Commercial - Industrial work. Emergency Service - General trouble shooting and repair work - Paddle fans - Kitchen & Bath exhaust fans - AC lines - Smoke detectors - Telephone lines - Cable TV lines - Computer network cabling - Exterior lighting - Recessed lighting - Security lighting - (200 - 150 - 100 amp service up grades) - Electric Heat - New circuits - New appliance hook ups - Back up generators - and more ! FREE ESTIMATES 201-358-1552 www.pascackvalleyelectric.com
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Experience Licensed contractor in Closter New Jersey.
Education/Credentials "The Frank Williams School of Electrical Construction". My dear old boss is 96 and still going God Bless him. I started working for "Tenafly Electric" right out of high school at 19. He was tough but I learned more working for him in 8 and half years than most guys. We did mostly industrial work while doing some commercial and residential so I was fortunate to be exposed to all 3 areas of electrical construction. The guys I worked with were all good guys and I stay in touch with some of them still. Most of us went into our own buisness's which says something about the caliber of the guys I worked with. We had some interesting clients : Wella Corp. of shampoo fame, Farah Fawcett etc, I didn't buy shampoo for 10 years, it was a great place to work. Pan Am the X airline just before they went under, another great place to work, nice clean environment. C&C Metals, the largest button manufacturer in the US, a not so clean environment but a very interesting place to work, lots of machine's cranking out buttons of all kinds but you had to be on your toes, it was a potentially dangerous place to be . All kinds of action going on around you.
Question Hi Bob! My name is Patrick, and I live in St Paul, MN. My wife and I live in a bungalow that was built in 1936. Some of the wiring is very old, with brittle insulation. One of the circuits was intermittently turning off, and then coming back on. It would be off for several minutes, and then come back on for a minute or two, and then flip off again. Everything that was running off of this circuit would turn off and on at the same time. The circuit breaker is not tripping, though. We have checked several of the outlets (not all of them yet), and all of the connections were good and tight. We've turned the circuit breaker for this circuit off at this point, since we weren't sure what was happening. Is it possible that the circuit breaker itself is broken? Or, is it more likely that we have a loose connection someplace? Any thoughts you have on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Answer Patrick,
Yes it could very well be the breaker. You could try taking the wire thats connected to this breaker or fuse and switch it to another one and see if that solves the problem. In other words swap this wire with another one thats connected to the same amperage breaker or fuse. Typically you have 15 and 20 amp circuits in the house.
Let me know how you make out Patrick............
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