2007-07-19 19:48:39 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
The toaster and the lights are on the same circuit. When the toaster is turned on, it draws enough wattage to cause the lights to dim. Only solution to this is to find another outlet that's not on the same circuit as the kitchen light.
2007-07-19 19:53:06 · answer #1 · answered by snagin818 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Ooooo! You'd better get your circuit checked by someone who knows what they're doing! (A qualified electrician.)
The light and toaster ARE on the same circuit, and the only reason that the light dims when the toaster is on is because there is what's called a "voltage drop" on your circuit when under heavy load. The upshot is that the wires - or a faulty connection - are acting like the heating element in the toaster - they are literally heating up. If this occurs over a long distance of wiring - like 20 feet - the heating of the wire might not be dangerous. But, if the voltage drop occurs at a single point like a connection or a crimp in your wiring, it could cause high enough temperatures (red hot!) to ignite a fire in your home.
You'd better get this checked out. In the meanwhile, I wouldn't use the toaster, microwave, George Foreman grill, or anything else that uses lots of current - at least not on that circuit.
Don't mess around with this. Get it checked! It is potentially dangerous.
2007-07-20 05:39:54 · answer #2 · answered by Justin N 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 2 first answers may be correct about it is on the same circuit as the lights. You should have your wiring checked and brought up to date.
Another cause of the lights dimming could be a loose or broken neutral conductor at the service.
If you have a broken neutral conductor, other lights will go dim and or bright when different things are turned on and off.
The kitchen should have at least 3 split receptacles and a separate circuit for the refrigerator. This would be 7 circuits just for the receptacles in the kitchen. The lights should not be on any of those circuits.
Please get a qualified electrician to check your wiring and have it brought up to standard.
Check out the local electrical contractors in your starting from the closest to you. Do a google and/or yahoo search on them. Choose at least three from your results. Estimates should be free; but if they have to do a thorough check of the wiring, there may be a charge.
Make sure get at least 3 written estimates with details of what is to be done, terms, guarantees.
Good Luck.
2007-07-19 20:47:26 · answer #3 · answered by Comp-Elect 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Your light is wired into the power circuit, which is incorrect. The light dims as the toaster draws current from the circuit. The light should be wired separately.
2007-07-19 21:47:18 · answer #4 · answered by eddie_schaap 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Do the lights stay dim or just wink when the toaster starts up? If they stay dim you have a problem with that circuit not carrying the voltage required. If they wink, there is no problem.
2007-07-20 03:56:09 · answer #5 · answered by John himself 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the two between the flaws you had on have been getting their means from one source, so a superb kind of the means became going to the sunshine previously hand yet whilst the toaster got here on countless the means had to pass someplace else so the sunshine wasn't getting as much because it became whilst it became on my own.
2016-12-10 17:23:31 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are as bright as an unlit candle too....toasters are the most harsh on electric supply....you want toast when everything is on ......glad i don't have your bill
2007-07-19 19:59:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They are on the same circuit.
2007-07-19 19:53:56 · answer #8 · answered by suigeneris-impetus 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋