Taylor
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I'd appreciate if anyone recognizes these symptoms....my garage door is hanging open until I figure it out or get an electrician in tomorrow....
Working in my basement (cutting footings, pretty routine day) when the receptacle I'm using dies. Not the circuit. All other receptacles between this and the panel are fine. It appears everything "downstream" of this is dead. Replaced the receptacle, got rid of pigtails by screwing into the back of the receptacle....still dead. What's even stranger, even though a light plugged into this receptacle is dark, the voltage detector claims it has juice. The light works fine in another receptacle in the same room (different circuit).
As I said, any advice welcome. I realize I'll probably have to call in an electrican, but I'd prefer to fix it now so I can close my garage. Any suggestions for what to check with a multimeter are appreciated.
Now excuse me while I run out and get a riser clamp to support my CI waste stack, whose support in the slab appears to have been undermined by a mason who was in here recently....
Hope everyone's having a GREAT weekend.
Working in my basement (cutting footings, pretty routine day) when the receptacle I'm using dies. Not the circuit. All other receptacles between this and the panel are fine. It appears everything "downstream" of this is dead. Replaced the receptacle, got rid of pigtails by screwing into the back of the receptacle....still dead. What's even stranger, even though a light plugged into this receptacle is dark, the voltage detector claims it has juice. The light works fine in another receptacle in the same room (different circuit).
As I said, any advice welcome. I realize I'll probably have to call in an electrican, but I'd prefer to fix it now so I can close my garage. Any suggestions for what to check with a multimeter are appreciated.
Now excuse me while I run out and get a riser clamp to support my CI waste stack, whose support in the slab appears to have been undermined by a mason who was in here recently....
Hope everyone's having a GREAT weekend.