Residential electrical service in the Allen, McKinney, Plano and Frisco areas of Texas.

Do It Right. Make A Positive Customer Memory. Have Fun. In Allen, Texas, my customer's dishwasher worked intermittently. Another electrician had searched, but had not found the problem. During the investigation, I found something alarming in the main panel: the neutral wire for the circuit had never been tightened down. At all. The white insulation on the copper wire was completely missing for the first inch or so. It had melted away from the arcing caused by the loose connection. The app...

Do It Right. Make A Positive Customer Memory. Have Fun. In Allen, Texas, my customer's dishwasher worked intermittently. Another electrician had searched, but had not found the problem. During the investigation, I found something alarming in the main panel: the neutral wire for the circuit had never been tightened down. At all. The white insulation on the copper wire was completely missing for the first inch or so. It had melted away from the arcing caused by the loose connection. The appliances would work when the wire happened to be touching the buss, but quit when it moved. The basic task in this case was: turn the screw until tight on the neutral wire. I checked the other neutral wires in the panel. Only this one had never been tightened. We believe and perform the basics, daily.