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The white neutrals at some dead items of my circuit register some voltage to ground. Why?

April 26, 2017circuit dead ground items neutrals REGISTER voltage white

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The white neutrals at some dead items of my circuit register some voltage to ground. Why?

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Something among the not-working items of the circuit is turned on, allowing hotness from the good hot wire to go through the lightbulb filament, say, and show up as somewhat hot where you are testing the white wires (which are usually neutral [grounded] but not now). See Testing.