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Some old house, wired not understanding ac, mixed up the return and ground. Stuff works, but...

• masklinn 4y ago
  Seems like a completely slapdash piece of work really: > They asked lots of questions, and then recommended that my air conditioner stay on a different outlet because there were two circuits. An AC has sufficient power draw that you'd normally put it on its own, exclusive, circuit. Like a drier or washing machine. Not on whatever random outlet is nearby.
  • Gracana 4y ago
    Probably talking about a window unit there.
    • bombcar 4y ago
      And even then if you've been anywhere with "fun" power you've noticed the lights dim when any beast of a machine turned on. The US grid has gotten better, and machines have too, but lights used to dim all the time.