240v Point-to-Point Troubleshooting Cheat Sheet

If an electric range or dryer is not heating, the element may not even be getting voltage. What if the element “ohms” out? If the 240v load in an appliance is not energized, sometimes just “ohming” things out doesn’t tell you what you need to know. Please note that this guide is for qualified technicians […]

The Diagnostic Fallacy of Referencing Neutral in 240v Circuits

Should you Reference Neutral when Testing 240v Circuits? How many times have you heard a technician state “I’m getting 120v on both sides of the element and it still doesn’t get hot”? Technicians can get confused when working on an appliance that has lost L2, for example. If L1 feeds through a dryer element and […]