Can A Bad Breaker Cause Low Voltage

The issue we re having is an intermittent voltage drop on the outlets in the bathrooms.

Can a bad breaker cause low voltage.

Ask question asked 9 years 4 months ago. Getting any type of electrical equipment seemed to be a big issue. Electrical outlets can wear out the same as any appliance or electrical device. A low voltage condition such as this is may be caused by a fault with the neutral wire.

Viewed 42k times 5. Low voltage from circuit bad breaker. Low voltage in an outlet can occur for a number of reasons and those reasons usually can be divided into two categories. The lights started to dim.

The entire house seemed to be suffering from low voltage despite the electrical wires outside being totally intact. I m doing some rewiring work in the kitchen. So i got everything the. There were three circuits coming into a junction box that controlled the sink disposal dishwasher a few receptacles and a light.

A friend suggested a current surge through the wires but my assumption is if there was a current surge the breaker would have tripped or burnt out instead of having a low voltage reading of 102v 105v. Voltage tests are made at each outlet that is on the same circuit as the affected outlet. One reason an outlet may have low voltage is that it is worn out. All wiring is copper.

If we turn the breaker off on again we can use a voltmeter to find 118 volts in all of the bathroom outlets. One of my friends suggested that a bad breaker could be the cause but is this really a possibility. The process explained below will help to identify the location of the faulty wire or a connection is causing the low voltage condition.