I’d appreciate if anyone recognizes these symptoms….my garage door is hanging open until I figure it out or get an electrician in tomorrow….
Working in my basement (cutting footings, pretty routine day) when the receptacle I’m using dies. Not the circuit. All other receptacles between this and the panel are fine. It appears everything “downstream” of this is dead. Replaced the receptacle, got rid of pigtails by screwing into the back of the receptacle….still dead. What’s even stranger, even though a light plugged into this receptacle is dark, the voltage detector claims it has juice. The light works fine in another receptacle in the same room (different circuit).
As I said, any advice welcome. I realize I’ll probably have to call in an electrican, but I’d prefer to fix it now so I can close my garage. Any suggestions for what to check with a multimeter are appreciated.
Now excuse me while I run out and get a riser clamp to support my CI waste stack, whose support in the slab appears to have been undermined by a mason who was in here recently….
Hope everyone’s having a GREAT weekend.
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check the connections in the last live outlet,
you most likely lost a neutral
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Amazing! I just had the same thing happen to me. I installed a shop light through a switch and a door switch back to a j-box with nothing else on it.
Got everything up and ..... no light! Pulled everything apart and tested. I had power so I thought it was the light from HD. Took it back and exchanged it.
Go home and tested the light before installing and had light. Installed it... nothing.
Well I'm not real good with a tester. Duh! Figured out it was the neutral somewhere back in the wiring. I'll find it today.
those neutrals can be a PITA, ..... 3 ø neutrals can be downright deadly.
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I found it. It was my bad work too! That's what I get for rushing work.
that explains the extra wirenut in your pocket :).
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Power came on again with no intervention from me.I will look for the receptacle with the loose neutral, if it is not buried in a wall someplace, later.Thanks to everyone for the advice.
Taylor don't you have an disengage handle on the garage door? The red handle with a rope so as to close it manually.
Wallyo
You probably drive nails with a hammer too. What next a brush for paint? ;-)
They can't get your Goat if you don't tell them where it is hidden.
"You probably drive nails with a hammer too.What next a brush for paint"?Yeah, I am just an old fashion type of guy! You do of course realize I meant just so he could close the thing for the night so as not to sit in the garage all night in a lawn chair with a shotgun?Missed your post till today. Somehow the notification to me of replies to my posts is turned off, need to figure how to turn then on.Wallyo
Edited 4/29/2008 12:36 am ET by wallyo
click on your name then go to " My Prefs " and scroll down just a bit you'll see the notification option.
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Thanks Maddog but that part would like to receive email notifications etc, is on. That is what is weird.
About 2 months ago my notification started working again after a lapse of many months. I don't have any idea what changed or where in the systems . I got quite used to not having it on .
They can't get your Goat if you don't tell them where it is hidden.
Yeah that is where I am at not even getting taunton"s ads. Maybe turned on spam filter, I will check that.Wallyo
Edited 4/29/2008 12:23 pm ET by wallyo
Bad neutral connection at the next upstream outlet.
Yes found it in a box with five cables all spliced together....these old houses.....