Timeline for How do I troubleshoot a newly installed non-working outlet?
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| Feb 2 at 16:59 | history | protected | FreeMan | ||
| Feb 2 at 14:02 | history | edited | isherwood | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 8, 2016 at 13:31 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackDIY/status/685453702757543936 | ||
| Jan 8, 2016 at 3:58 | answer | added | Billy left SE for Codidact | timeline score: -1 | |
| Nov 11, 2014 at 14:41 | comment | added | Big Jim | Hello Do you have 240v across both buss bars ? yes/no missing one leg of 240v ? or using 120 circuit to feed panel and not installing a jumper to other leg. God Bless Big Jim | |
| Jul 8, 2013 at 14:53 | comment | added | user13781 | Brad, perhaps I should have done such a test. But what would it have proved? I discussed this problem with my step-son who is finishing up an engineering degree at VA Tech and who had four years experience working on USAF planes. He said it was not uncommon for a circuit on a fighter to show the correct voltage but show only a tiny fraction of the correct amperage. He suspects that was my problem. Of course, as I think I already noted, my meter will not measure amperage. Even if I had known that low amps was the issue, how would that have pointed to a bad buss bar slot? | |
| Jul 8, 2013 at 14:52 | comment | added | user13781 | Mike, you are correct. I moved the breaker from a circuit that does work, with an electric fan plugged into a working outlet, into the problematic slot and the fan did not work. | |
| Jul 7, 2013 at 1:14 | comment | added | Brad Gilbert | You should have also measured the voltage when there was a load on it. | |
| Jul 5, 2013 at 23:15 | comment | added | user13781 | I used both a 100 watt trouble light and a floor fan. As I noted, neither would operate when plugged into the outlet, even though the multi-meter showed 110 volts at the outlet. Once I moved the breaker to another slot on the buss bar, the appliances turned on when plugged into the outlet. | |
| S Jul 4, 2013 at 18:28 | history | edited | Niall C.♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| S Jul 4, 2013 at 18:28 | history | suggested | mike | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 4, 2013 at 17:57 | history | asked | user13781 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |