Electrical – Outlets still have power but fuse is unscrewed

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I have an old house with a fuse box on the second floor of the home, and 200A service with breaker box in the basement. The fuse box is fed by a 30A line. The fuse box has 24 fuses and seems to integrate with much of the house.

Today I traced my living room electric with a circuit breaker finder to the fuse box. I unscrewed the fuse and the expected outlets lost power. However, when I passed these outlets and their plugged in items with a noncontact voltage tester, I got the same positive readings one does when the fuse is plugged in. Any ideas on what could cause this?

Best Answer

A low impedance solenoid style or lamp style tester is the best tester for this type of troubleshooting. If the circuit can't power a solenoid than you are dealing with an induced voltage.

Good luck!