All outlets very loose except gfi

[Guest guest]

I was wondering if people had any idea if the fact that all the

outlets in this house are loose is a symptom of some type of power

event like a surge and that there may be damage. Literally the plugs

will slip out of the outlets. I remember someone telling me this at

one point in the past. I think this is more than just " cheap " outlets.

Any thoughts?

Thanks, Alan

[Guest guest]

Could be they are just old and worn? Old switches can, if the contacts are

pitted

and oxidized, create RF on the circuit. See if a radio buzzes louder near a

switch when on. If the switch only controls regular lightbullbs, tightly

screwed in,

it is probably a bad switch. (Get rid of dimmer switches of course).

Bill

On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 5:38 PM, abailey63 <abailey63@...> wrote:

> I was wondering if people had any idea if the fact that all the

> outlets in this house are loose is a symptom of some type of power

> event like a surge and that there may be damage. Literally the plugs

> will slip out of the outlets. I remember someone telling me this at

> one point in the past. I think this is more than just " cheap " outlets.

> Any thoughts?

>

> Thanks, Alan

>

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