about grounding values

[Johnd at netmac.net]

dude...  your problem is possibly more involved than that I think ...   
I would also seriously look at the state of affairs of your entire elect panel...
check both breakers themselves and copper backbone..
if you pull breakers and have green oxide deposits on your backbone.. you have the problem.

what drew my attention was your statement that    

"I can report that when our AC goes on, some lighting circuits will blink"  for years I think you said

dude...  they shouldn't blink.. maybe dim somewhat but no blinking...

classic case of breaker problems...!!!  
(now this doesn't also mean you don't also have a ground state issues so check it out)  
if you have any of those types of problems you are also generating electrical noise in your whole house...
copper oxides can be become semiconductors. 

i Know this because I live in florida...  a place that is surrounded by salt water on three sides...   
every year withhout exception I have to remove all my breakers and hose them down with some kind of quality goo..
or my x-10 stuff (and other things) cause start to cause problems.

USE NOTHING  that says penetrant (as they are called)  no CR556 (but CR336 is OK)  no LPS no WD40 ever on on anything electrical (or door locks either). (that stuff should be banned... but thats another story.)  Nothing with an acidic additives like phosphoric acid mixed with paraffin
*phosphoric acid and paraffin and salt and atmospheric moisture make moon rocks (you remember moon rocks... in the fish bowl right).    

I use a brand called 'Gibbs Brand'  google it....   silly name... killer stuff.  Not cheep stuff either.. but it works even in fla where nothing else works for long
<http://www.gibbsbrandlubricant.com/>
(maybe a bit cheeper on amazon)
be SURE to shake it first.
 

On Oct 9, 2013, at 4:31 PM, George Handley wrote:

> Michael,
> 
> I just called KCP&L and they will be here this afternoon!
> 
> As a further indication that I do have a poor ground, I can report that when our AC goes on, some lighting circuits will blink. I'd seen this for years here, but drew no connection.
> 
> For the record, I'm not trying to blame or point my finger at XTension or any place else… yet. I've had a stable system for 2.5 years, (Thanks to you, James and many members of the List) and I need to get it back. I have merely looked at all the things I have changed in the last few months from a new OS, new electrical devices installed, and of course XTension when I find that either relaunching XTension or it's Mini running ML, and it straightens things out… at least for the moment, I get the feeling there is some connection.
> 
> This poor ground thing is now top of my list to eliminate as a cause. If KCP&L says my ground is fine, I'm back to square one. :-(
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> George
> 

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