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Electricians question
makattak:
I have a puzzle. An outlet was working fine last night.
This morning, no power. Find the right breaker and replace the outlet. No joy.
Checked with multimeter: when touching positive and negative, multimeter reads 0.
When touching positive and ground, it reads 140v.
Is this something I can fix?
Jim147:
If the outlet is tied into others it might have lost the nuetral at that connection. That could be a tuff one to find or fairly easy.
Ron:
I agree ^
Check all the outlets on that circuit.
RocketMan:
If the outlets on that circuit are all using backstab connections, one of the neutral connections may have come loose. I hate backstab connectors as they become unreliable as they age. I've had to replace many outlets where the backstab connections have failed.
Hawkmoon:
--- Quote from: RocketMan on November 28, 2020, 11:09:42 AM ---If the outlets on that circuit are all using backstab connections, one of the neutral connections may have come loose. I hate backstab connectors as they become unreliable as they age. I've had to replace many outlets where the backstab connections have failed.
--- End quote ---
^^^ This.
In 1979 my then-wife and I bought a condominium. In the first year we lived there we had a LOT of electrical gremlins. The receptacles (outlets) were all backstabbed -- why not, it's faster. That's why they were invented. I went through the entire unit and re-wired every receptacle using the screws, and we never had another problem.
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