Electrical Question

[Howard94]

Turn the breaker off and re-check your connections. Sounds to me like you might have a bad connection. Enough to read 120 on your meter and **** up your troubleshooting lol

 

[Howard94]

Since we are all gathered here, what local are you guys from?

IBEW LU:8

Last place I thought I’d find another local 8 guy.

 

[lil' bear]

Last place I thought I’d find another local 8 guy.

 

[journeyman713]

Your meter is throwing you off, definitely no power there, some meters are so sensitive they'll pick up erroneous voltage.

Any chance this outlet is controlled by a light switch?
Are you sure, there was there power there before the construction?

If so, is it possible you cut into the line?
Or - if there is an outlet directly on the other side of the wall, inside, it may be drawing power from there. The connection may have loosened during you work.

 

[GSPHUNTER]

If nobody has mentioned this, from another receptacle run a temporary neutral to problem receptacle, if that works, it will confirm lost neutral.

 

[Mt riverrat’]

Use a wiggy type tester on the wires ,not the receptacle if you. Have 120volts install a new. Outlet plug in a light that you verified that it works in another part of your house . If it doesn’t work in the new outlet you have a loose neutral or corroded connection in another box in the same circuit. 5o years of electrical trouble shooting her.

 

[RS_Non-Res]

@lil' bear and @Howard94 ... You guys need to go get a room?

 

[lil' bear]

@lil' bear and @Howard94 ... You guys need to go get a room?

Maybe? Are you volunteering to watch the door?

 

[RS_Non-Res]

Negative.

 

[PORK]

1547

 

[GSPHUNTER]

1547

Dams, you are OLD.

 

[Aces11]

PROBLEM SOLVED!

First off thanks everyone for the advice, I would still be lost!

This was an outside breaker, and on the outside breaker marked in my box. So I purchased an outlet tester as suggested. Plug the thing into the outlet and says it’s hooked up as should be. So I took a corded drill and plugged it in. Soon as I went to activate it, the light on the tester switched. It then would show HOT/GRD Rev. After a little research I came up with the conclusion it had to be a loose neutral wire as everyone was thinking. So I take every outlet out on that breaker out again and I can’t for the life of me find a loose wire. I was assuming there had to be a place the outlet jumped over from and only one outlet had a double wire leading to another one. So there had to be a junction box someplace, as also suggested. Also while testing that outlet with the tester I hit the GFCI button and after that none of the outlets worked. The breaker wasn’t tripped and none of the outlets are GFCI outlets so I am like wtf. Deciding it was time for lunch I went to the laundry room in the basement to grab some deer sausage out of the upright freezer and no light comes on. So I look at the outlet and the GFCI outlet is tripped. Then it dawned on me that must be connected to the outside outlets. So I take that outlet out and when I am pulling it out the first thing I notice is a loose neutral wire. Reconnected it and everything worked perfectly after that.

 

[GSPHUNTER]

PROBLEM SOLVED!

First off thanks everyone for the advice, I would still be lost!

This was an outside breaker, and on the outside breaker marked in my box. So I purchased an outlet tester as suggested. Plug the thing into the outlet and says it’s hooked up as should be. So I took a corded drill and plugged it in. Soon as I went to activate it, the light on the tester switched. It then would show HOT/GRD Rev. After a little research I came up with the conclusion it had to be a loose neutral wire as everyone was thinking. So I take every outlet out on that breaker out again and I can’t for the life of me find a loose wire. I was assuming there had to be a place the outlet jumped over from and only one outlet had a double wire leading to another one. So there had to be a junction box someplace, as also suggested. Also while testing that outlet with the tester I hit the GFCI button and after that none of the outlets worked. The breaker wasn’t tripped and none of the outlets are GFCI outlets so I am like wtf. Deciding it was time for lunch I went to the laundry room in the basement to grab some deer sausage out of the upright freezer and no light comes on. So I look at the outlet and the GFCI outlet is tripped. Then it dawned on me that must be connected to the outside outlets. So I take that outlet out and when I am pulling it out the first thing I notice is a loose neutral wire. Reconnected it and everything worked perfectly after that.

Outstanding. the ROK boys come through again. Have a beer or two with the venison sausage.

 

[Catchfish]

And now you know your freezer is plugged into a dangerous outlet. If something outside pops that gfci you may lose your freezer.

 

[Marble]

And now you know your freezer is plugged into a dangerous outlet. If something outside pops that gfci you may lose your freezer.

O was just going to say the same thing. Swap that thing out if you want to keep that meat good. It will fail!!

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[RS3579]

Good to hear you got it fixed. Get that freezer on its own non GFCI circuit. 20 amp

 

[Aces11]

My entire house is finished. Garage and laundry room included. Be dang near impossible to run a new wire. But I could swap the GFCI outlet out.

 

[go_deep]

Move the GFCI receptacle past the freezer, but leave it in line to protect to outside outlet.

 

[Howard94]

Maybe? Are you volunteering to watch the door?

Negative.

Be careful , we’re starting to sound like carpenters.