babadono Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 49 minutes ago, JJkizak said: The Neutral wire and the ground wire are hooked to the same ground strip in the main breaker box. JJK Correct neutral is BONDED to ground, that's what electricians call it. And if I measured an open between neutral and ground at an outlet I would check it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Favog Posted August 16, 2023 Author Share Posted August 16, 2023 All right.... Till I have more time to dig into this, I disconnected the 14/2 at the next outlet upstream. Then I plugged in the polarity checker to that upstream outlet and it shows the hot and neutral wires are reversed. Is it just a simple fix to reverse the black and white wires at this outlet that feeds the bad outlet. I have some hesitations doing that, it just sounds weird. Before the bad outlet went dead, she was using a heat gun that she said started a acting as if it was getting less and less electric and then went it wouldn't work at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Favog Posted August 17, 2023 Author Share Posted August 17, 2023 Doubly wierd... I screwed the downstream outlet back in the wall while leaving the downstream bad outlet disconnected and capped off with wire nuts, and all it good again with the up stream socket. Oh well. For now the downstream shouldn't be a hazzard if there is one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 Just saying, smoke detectors working, the battery type. Cool... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Favog Posted August 17, 2023 Author Share Posted August 17, 2023 8 minutes ago, billybob said: Just saying, smoke detectors working, the battery type. Cool... They do. 😇 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the real Duke Spinner Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 The small prong is the Hot ...Neutral and Ground will be Bonded in your Service Panel, unless it is a SubFeed Then, you will have an Isolated Neutral, and the clip should be broken on the outlet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khornukopia Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 Is it fixed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Favog Posted September 20, 2023 Author Share Posted September 20, 2023 13 minutes ago, Khornukopia said: Is it fixed? No, I just disconnected and capped off both wires at the outlet that is upstream and feeding the problem outlet. Lots of other projects have crept up till I can dive into this again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 My girl friend had a similar problem. It turned out that the outlet was operated by a seldom used 3 way switch that inadvertently got switched off. The electrician charged her $170.00 to turn the switch back on. jjk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babadono Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 Here's yur sign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Favog Posted September 20, 2023 Author Share Posted September 20, 2023 2 hours ago, JJkizak said: My girl friend had a similar problem. It turned out that the outlet was operated by a seldom used 3 way switch that inadvertently got switched off. The electrician charged her $170.00 to turn the switch back on. jjk Yea, I know for sure this is unswitched and we use/used it quite often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khornukopia Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 On 9/20/2023 at 10:28 AM, Mighty Favog said: Lots of other projects have crept up till I can dive into this again. I can relate to that situation. Let us know when you eventually solve the puzzle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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