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Originally Posted by rleblanc
…. … He did say that it cooked the fireplace, which I don't understand since I never turned it on. Regardless, I guess we are lucky that is all that got fried…. .. .
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Many things with electronic controls have constant power to the controls even when they are not “on”.
Since there was 170 volts on one hot leg, the other hot leg would have only had 70 volts. (170 + 70 = 240). May be that the fireplace as the only thing on the 170 volt leg that was energized.