I have a couple dead outlets on the same line. I opened the breaker box and the breaker was not tripped I put a probe to the main, the breaker and all the other breakers in the box Everything looks good When I run the probe down all the hot wires leading from all the breakers I get a good reading except when I run the probe down the line that the dead outlets are on. I get a good response and then nothing after a couple inches away from the breaker. Is the breaker bad, on outlet fried or possibly something else? thanks Syb

My mother has a double wide mobile home in the Rural part of Yulee FL, which is north of Jacksonville FL. Her water pump is not working and I have determined it is the wire that is causing the problem. I had an electricain come and he verified that also I assume 10-2 ufb gray wire is correct for 125ish feet. I read in another post that they needed 12-2 b wire. Is 10 b wire good enough for this job? I dug out around from the pump house and I could see it was frayed and exposed. This was a wiring job done when the mobile home was first set, about 20 years ago. She bought it about 15 years ago, so we have no idea who did the electric job or the plumbing. It seems obvious that it was done without an inspection but has been OK until lately. I went to the local Home Depot and Lowes and both of the people I talked to said to get 10 2 grey ground wire. I got a spool of 150 feet. I measured and it is about 120 from the power pole to the pump house. The pump house is just a simple shed about 4 x 4 , with a door and 1 x 4 boards. Just big enough to put in the pump and the fiber glass bubble thing. I think it is the holding tank? The well is directly below the pump house then. So there is a new trench that I will dig with a rented trench digger. I will bury the wire in a 24 inch deep trench from the pump house then to the power pole. My goal then is to find an electrician that will just have to hook up the wire to both ends. One end being inside the pump house to the electric pump, and the other being the power pole. Since this job was originally done with out a permit, I need to find a guy who will work sort of off the books. I don’t know how else to say it, since this job was done without a permit. I called the 1 800 call before you dig number and they sent out a guy but since the original job was not permitted it does not show up as ever being done legally I guess, so the guy who was to check out for water lines and power lines did nothing.. He didn’t’ even get out of his truck I called for a free lancer to run his machine to find these lines and he did not want to come out and recommend to use a dousing rod to find the water pipe. I did find the fresh water pipe by just digging and I will make sure I do not hit it with the trench digger. What is a fair rate to ask for an electrician to do this job. He just has to hook up the wire on both ends. I was thinking 150? for an hour. I am not sure how to find one either, other than calling the Yellow pages and explaining problem above. My other idea was to post in Craiglist for electrician needed? Any tips on how to find an Electrician for this job? Should I try to find a guy that just does mobile home? Is 10-2 b gray ground wire what I need to put in the 24 inch trench? What should I offer to pay for this job.? I got all the “stuff” I think I need. Two 90 degree sweep Pvc pieces 3/4 inch. Glue in the small brown can. All the stuff the guy at the big box store told me anyway I got. So I will put a hole in the 1 inch thick wood shed and put in the 90 degree pipe 24 inches in the ground and and the I will put the wire in the pvc pipe as it is cheap for the whole length under ground. Thanks for any assistance. I hope I explained this correctly.