circuit failure after replacing outlets
#1
10-23-02, 09:40 PM
circuit failure after replacing outlets
I'm sure it's happened to someone else???
I replaced outlets and switches on a circuit. I followed black to brass and white to silver with all outlets grounded to copper. I turned the breaker back on and there was no power to the circuit. I thought the breaker failed and it was replaced as well. It was not the breaker! I then replaced the outlets thinking one of my $1.25 outlets failed.
I replaced outlets and switches on a circuit. I followed black to brass and white to silver with all outlets grounded to copper. I turned the breaker back on and there was no power to the circuit. I thought the breaker failed and it was replaced as well. It was not the breaker! I then replaced the outlets thinking one of my $1.25 outlets failed.
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10-24-02, 08:14 AM
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could also be a problem with a neutral. w/o a neutral anything plugged into an outlet wont work, and give the appearance of no power. i suggest getting a reliable voltage tester, and first check the breaker at the panel hot to neut, and hot to ground. then check at each receptacle in the same way. if you have lost the nuut. some where you still should get e reading of 110V to ground. hope that helps!
#5
10-24-02, 04:17 PM
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Go spend $8 on a receptacle tester -- the kind with two amber lights and a red light. Plug into all the receptacles on the circuit and let us know what it tells you.
I assume that since you didn't say that the breaker tripped, that that means that it did not. True?
Sometimes black to brass and white to silver is not the right approach, especially if the receptacle is switched. It is usually better to replicate what was there before.
I assume that since you didn't say that the breaker tripped, that that means that it did not. True?
Sometimes black to brass and white to silver is not the right approach, especially if the receptacle is switched. It is usually better to replicate what was there before.
#7
10-25-02, 06:28 PM
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Thanks for the end of the story. That's a new one for me. It's pretty rare to have a defect in a receptacle straight from the store. And pretty unethical for somebody to return a receptacle they had broken the tab off of.
