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6 volts hot to neutral with circuit breaker off

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Stephen Murphy

Joined Nov 2, 2014
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I was replacing an old gfci outlet because the test button no longer worked. After I shut the circuit breaker off I checked for voltage on the line hot wire to neutral and got a reading of 6volts. Is this normal, common, or dangerous? The new gfci is working fine.
 
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MrChips

Joined Oct 2, 2009
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Your meter has a high impedance, 1M or 10M-ohm. It is possible that you are picking up stray radiation. Try putting a 1M-ohm resistor across the meter and see if the reading changes.
 
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