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I just found the culprit... I was thinking it had to be something to do with the outlet as that's the only thing I changed. As a test, I pulled it out of the box leaving it connected. Flipped the breaker, it didn't trip. Looking inside the box I see one of those bare copper wires tied to the...

There was only 2 wires to the old 3 prong outlet. And no, the jumper was not broken. Just a simple two wire duplex connection. It's grounded to the box now, which it wasn't before. These newer style three prong duplex outlets have a ground to the screw that holds it in place. The old didn't...

Hey all, In working on a bathroom of a house built in the 50's here in South Florida I'm running into a real head scratcher on the electric. I'm hoping some pros can help. The bathroom has 2 switches one outlet. One switch for the bathroom light, the other for the heat lamp lights. Outlet...