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    OK got it. No its a very slight tingle like a 9 volt battery and only happens if my hands are wet and have a sensitive part of my hand touch the faucet. Does not always happen.

    Do you have any low voltage or dc lighting? I don't really have experience with it but have heard of low voltage lighting with special controls.
     

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    Not sure if the LED lights they installed in kitchen ceiling is low voltage, but I did have a outlet (220) installed in the center island that also has 2 usb outlets that are low voltage. I just tried the meter but nothing. I need to make the hot water come on or plug something into the usb outlet and retest.
     
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    It sounds like you're on the right track. It could be the 5v from the usb that you're feeling. You could have a bad ground somewhere that's letting the voltage float. I'm not sure how you're testing it but you need a good ground somewhere to check to see if voltage is bleeding to the faucet/ water piping.
     

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    It's been a pretty bad couple of weeks with my daughter's car since she came home. My wife drove it last night and noticed the brake on the front felt like it was grinding or grabbing. I drove it too and can feel it but am not sure what's causing it. I asked my daughter and she said it started a day or two after we got it back from the shop last week. Of course she really didn't say anything about it. She's supposed to be going back to Springfield Saturday so I told her she needs to get up early and take it up to the shop and demand that they look at it since it was just in there even though we don't have an appointment. Depending what it is, I might have to put front brakes on it when I get home tonight.
     
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    It's been a pretty bad couple of weeks with my daughter's car since she came home. My wife drove it last night and noticed the brake on the front felt like it was grinding or grabbing. I drove it too and can feel it but am not sure what's causing it. I asked my daughter and she said it started a day or two after we got it back from the shop last week. Of course she really didn't say anything about it. She's supposed to be going back to Springfield Saturday so I told her she needs to get up early and take it up to the shop and demand that they look at it since it was just in there even though we don't have an appointment. Depending what it is, I might have to put front brakes on it when I get home tonight.
    Sound like rotor and pads. Hopefully not the caliper.
     

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    I know. Whatever it is, it has to be fixed. It is odd that we never heard the warning sound if the brakes are worn too much. I can put on rotors and pads if I need to. I've never put a caliper on before.
    Calipers can be a bit trickier. My SIL resorts to youtube when he needs help.....LOL
     
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    Dont you need to bleed the lines with a caliper change? I remember doing that on my motorcycles when I was young and needed a special tool for that.
    I think you may have answered my other question but if I put the positive (red) terminal on the faucet, where do I put the Ground(black) terminal?
     
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    Dont you need to bleed the lines with a caliper change? I remember doing that on my motorcycles when I was young and needed a special tool for that.
    I think you may have answered my other question but if I put the positive (red) terminal on the faucet, where do I put the Ground(black) terminal?

    I think you do need to bleed the air out any time you take the brake line loose.

    That is what I was concerned about PT. I would suggest maybe taking the black lead to the ground prong on an outlet. Hopefully that's a good earth ground. If it's dc voltage for some reason then you'll need to switch the meter setting.
     
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    I think you do need to bleed the air out any time you take the brake line loose.

    That is what I was concerned about PT. I would suggest maybe taking the black lead to the ground prong on an outlet. Hopefully that's a good earth ground. If it's dc voltage for some reason then you'll need to switch the meter setting.
    Yes, you do on the brakes.
     

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    The calipers were fine. The side that had been making noise had almost no pad left on the inside of the rotor. It was really bad. I think the shop quoted the price really high simply because we didn’t have an appointment and it would have been a rush job. I’ve never been quoted that much for front breaks. The pads I bought were $42 and it took me just over an hour to do both sides.
     
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