[Shop-talk] Bad breaker?

[Douglas Shook]

I could misunderstand the situation, but if B&T is in place, there would be
no ground at the sink for the GFI to work unless you ran a separate ground
to the cold water supply line or something similar assuming it is grounded.

On Sat, Feb 1, 2025 at 10:56 AM Jimmie Mayfield <
mayfield+shoptalk at sackheads.org> wrote:

> The fly in the ointment is the k&t wiring.  Will a GFI or AFI breaker work
> reliably with k&t?
>
> J
>
>
> On 2/1/25 11:36, Jim Franklin wrote:
>
> If you shut off the breaker, confirm there is no voltage on the output
> side of it, and test for continuity between the breaker output and ground,
> you should get a good idea if the breaker is actually doing its job, i.e.
> there's short somewhere. If you don't see continuity, it's an unknown, in
> which case I'd replace it with a GFI breaker (since you want to do that
> anyway) and see what happens.
>
> jim
>
> On Feb 1, 2025, at 11:03 AM, Tim . <tims_datsun_stuff at outlook.com>
> <tims_datsun_stuff at outlook.com> wrote:
>
> The breaker that controls my sink grinder's outlet seems to have failed.
> It won't reset.
>
> It is simply a matter of replacing the breaker with a new one or might
> there be another issue in the circuit? Near as I can tell that breaker only
> has one outlet on it. (house was built in 1905 or so and still has active
> knob and tube. ffs. And there are at least four breakers controlling our
> tiny kitchen.) Also, the outlet is not GFI so I want to replace it but
> can't really fit under the sink to do it.
>
> So, can I just replace the breaker or should I bite the bullet and call
> and electrician?
>
> Thanks
> tim
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