Have two plugs that say open Neutral in two rooms with my socket tester, (68 volts or so on them.) Checked and replaced all plugs before these sockets in line.The two sockets are basically back to back. 9 sockets total,what is weird is the two that do not work are not at the beginning of the run,,, There are 3 before the first bad socket that work fine, then the bad socket, then in next room behind it is the other bad one, then all the sockets aftter it work fine???????????? Where can neutral be?? Maybe coming down from a light fixture??? Please help, about to start cutting holes and running new wire, which I really do not want to do.:mad: Thanks Guys!!:rolleyes:

I have a Federal Pacific 100A electrical panel in my 2000sq ft home. It has about 40 knockout for breakers. On the panel it states that the total of all the breakers should not exceed 300A. It appears that the original configuration had about 320A. Including 2x40A breakers for my electric oven. Since then, air conditioning and other breakers were added to increase this to about 420A. Some of these appear unnecessary. An individual 15A breaker was installed for a Jacuzzi in the bath. An individual 15A breaker was added for electricity to the garage. I'm in the process of installing a laundry room which would contain a fridge, freezer, gas dryer and washer and an outlet which might be used for ironing. My gut is that these should be on 2 circuits. Additionally, while I'm renovating I want to have the provision to convert part of my basement into a small apartment, so I need to do electrical work in the pannel anyway. My questions are 1) Should I be installing a "pony" box for my main panel? and how urgently is the req'd? 2)Do I need 2 circuits for my laundry room. Do I really need 2x40A breakers for an electic oven, and more generally, how do I rationalize how many lights/outlets go on a circuit.