Recent content by Flintstone55

My thanks to everyone for their comments and the education on this. I'm a fan of YouTube-learning, so the video links are also much appreciated. I've learned a lot more about my home's electricity and swimming pools in the last couple of months than I have in my 55 years. I do find it helps...

Will do.

Great idea!!!

Hi all -- sorry for the really delayed response, but I finally got the problem diagnosed....only took 3 electricians (3rd one was the charm!!!) I'm going to spare you the drama, false starts, weird ideas and glimpses into what true frustration looks like, and just give you the answer. I'm...

No outside parties have come in yet (i.e., power company engineer or electrician). But there's been more change and subsequently more data. It's been VERY hot here, and the pool water seems to evaporate pretty rapidly, so my wife noticed that the water level was so low that it was almost below...

All great thoughts and suggestions. Thanks guys!!!

I know you're right, and I know we have to close the pool....probably for the season. It's probably difficult to understand the wait times out here, but you'll knock me over with a feather if I can use the pool before next summer -- finding anyone with any expertise who will drive more than 20...

Thank you, and yes, I suspect you're right about unaccounted for current....and I'll definitely have the electrician do the test.

Thanks again, folks! I have a TRMS Multimeter on order and should be in this week. I'll make the different measurements (AC/DC/Frequency/Amps), record them and then post them here in case someone sees something looks strange.

Thanks. And the way I've been getting a "ground" for the multimeter is running some green wire (just some 14 gauge) to the ground pole and attaching the green wire to my black probe, and then the red probe went into the water....it's how my electrician did it. I wasn't getting enough "ground"...

Another update....I'll try to make this one quick. Temps hit over 90 (pool water was 87) so it felt like a swim day. I reach for the trusty multimeter and before shutting anything down (i.e., breakers), I take a measurement of the water: 14 volts!!! I took multiple measurements around...

Great threads, I will definitely check them out. Thanks!

I agree.

Great video, and I'm looking into an inexpensive oscilloscope. Thanks!

Good question and a good point. I threw the breaker with the AC running instead of just turning the AC off and taking the measurement. It's an easy enough thing to do, and then I'll have another data point (or two).