This BLEEPIN' OUTLET!!

[Mighty Favog]

So, we were using a 110v outlet at the kitchen counter. The appliance is a vaccum sealer for canning food. All is well for a few days.

 

Now, the sealer isn't working. In fact nothing works from that outlet anymore.

 

-Circuit breakers: check

-CGFI: working fine.

-Replaced socket with quality Leviton unit: check

 

Then I go to test it with a noid light. It shows there's current present. I use a polarity 3-light tester, all shows correct and current is present.

 

Never could find the correct breaker with the circuit tracer so I just shut off the whole house before swapping out the outlet.

 

Still at a loss......

[Invidiosulus]

Do you have a voltmeter to see what Voltage is actually present at the outlet?

[Invidiosulus]

Have you manually reset all of your breakers, all the way off and back on?

 

[Mighty Favog]

6 minutes ago, Invidiosulus said:

Do you have a voltmeter to see what Voltage is actually present at the outlet?

 

Yes, it says 122.2 AC.

[Mighty Favog]

6 minutes ago, Invidiosulus said:

Have you manually reset all of your breakers, all the way off and back on?

 

Did all but the A/C and the furnace

[babadono]

Current is present? With no load? I'm confused.

[Mighty Favog]

Just now, babadono said:

Current is present? With no load? I'm confused.

 

So am I! I tried a small blender, a toaster and a radio all in the same outlet and all are dead.

[babadono]

Is the GFI in the outlet in question or is daisy chained from another GFI outlet?

[Mighty Favog]

1 minute ago, babadono said:

Is the GFI in the outlet in question or is daisy chained from another GFI outlet?

 There's only one GFI and it's in another room. It covers two bathrooms and the kitchen.

[babadono]

And it is good? And these auxiliary outlet(s) are wired to it properly?

 

[babadono]

Starting to sound like prongs of appliance(s) not making contact with socket for whatever reason. But you already replaced the socket?

 

[Mighty Favog]

Just a sec. Getting pics of what I've done....

[Mighty Favog]

[Mighty Favog]

7 minutes ago, babadono said:

Starting to sound like prongs of appliance(s) not making contact with socket for whatever reason. But you already replaced the socket?

 

That's what I was thinking too. But on 4 different appliances? And with a new socket AND the old socket?

[Mighty Favog]

The only thing left I can think of is amperage.

[JJkizak]

It's one of those connections that is good enough to allow miniscule currents to indicate voltage but when you really load it with an appliance the connection (somewhere) cannot supply the proper current. Or it's on a three way switch. Or the breaker is fried but it cannot supply the proper current. Or you have a junction box in a damp crawl space with a corroded wire. Do you have aluminum wire feeds?

JJK

[Mighty Favog]

9 minutes ago, JJkizak said:

It's one of those connections that is good enough to allow miniscule currents to indicate voltage but when you really load it with an appliance the connection (somewhere) cannot supply the proper current. Or it's on a three way switch. Or the breaker is fried but it cannot supply the proper current. Or you have a junction box in a damp crawl space with a corroded wire. Do you have aluminum wire feeds?

JJK

 

This house has copper wiring. The outlet is non-switched. I'd change the breaker if I could tell which one it is. Need a 2nd person here 'cause I don't feel like running up the steps each time. The transmitter to my signal tracer has a faint flicker of the green LED instead of a bright green. That might be a clue.

[babadono]

Have you checked the connections at the GFI that this feeds off of?

[Mighty Favog]

21 minutes ago, babadono said:

Have you checked the connections at the GFI that this feeds off of?

Not yet. But the other appliances on that circuit are doing fine. 🤯

[babadono]

to clarify, I mean the connection that comes off the GFI that GOES TO THE NON FUNCTIONING  outlet. If it goes to another outlet first check the connections there also.