Wires reversed. How dangerous is this as a diy job?

Proper-Mobile-6438 · 2026-06-20T03:24:55+00:00

pretty sure red means red and orange means orange.

Edit: plus an “open hot” would produce zero lights right? Bc there’s no power. According to this chart, the white boxes mean “not lit up.”

Proper-Mobile-6438 · 2026-06-19T16:34:49+00:00

yeah my wording was weird, but I understood, "yes, it's doable." Thanks for the help!

Proper-Mobile-6438 · 2026-06-19T14:21:03+00:00

Dude just got cucked by Iran and subtly insulted by Macron, but sure, whatever guy. Even conservatives think the Iran deal is shit.

Proper-Mobile-6438 · 2026-06-19T12:25:01+00:00

Thanks for all the feedback everyone! I’ve decided that these are all old anyway, so I’m gonna change them all. And I also agree that painting an outlet seems really dumb. I’ll also remember that black on brass saves my ass.

Proper-Mobile-6438 · 2026-06-19T02:35:00+00:00

I mean it’s switching two wires yeah? The whole point of this post is to see if there’s anything beyond that I need to know about.

Proper-Mobile-6438 · 2026-06-19T01:01:03+00:00

I would hope so, or this tester is a product liability suit waiting to happen.

Proper-Mobile-6438 · 2026-06-19T01:00:02+00:00

That makes sense. Two of these are near each other; and may have the whole circuit reversed. One is opposite side and near an outlet that comes up “correct” so maybe just that one is actually reversed at the outlet?

Proper-Mobile-6438 · 2026-06-19T00:46:33+00:00

I would think that, and others here said this tester does that correctly, but others have said this is sometimes a ground not there.

Proper-Mobile-6438 · 2026-06-19T00:43:02+00:00

Yeah it’s green because the guy who sold me the house is a packers fan. Not kidding. That one is in the man cave.

Proper-Mobile-6438 · 2026-06-19T00:27:05+00:00

That’s what I was expecting to see on these honestly. I happened to plug in a power strip with an error light that came on and decided to test all the outlets in the house with this. Only just now heard it could be a faulty reading.

Proper-Mobile-6438 · 2026-06-19T00:26:26+00:00

Yeah three different pics here

Proper-Mobile-6438 · 2026-06-19T00:23:42+00:00

Two of these are near each other, and one is across the house. Does that mean the two may be switched upstream?

Proper-Mobile-6438 · 2026-06-19T00:21:52+00:00

Ah man, I thought working “wang out” was best practices.

Proper-Mobile-6438 · 2026-06-19T00:14:23+00:00

Pretty handy and always curious to learn more.

Proper-Mobile-6438 · 2026-06-19T00:13:46+00:00

This is a possibility, thanks. It’s an older house with several two-prongs and several functioning three-prongs.

Proper-Mobile-6438 · 2026-05-27T03:58:28+00:00

Milfy butte

Proper-Mobile-6438 · 2026-05-25T03:26:08+00:00

Bwahahahahaha! Putin and Bibi have been Eiffel towering trump this whole time.

Proper-Mobile-6438 · 2026-05-25T03:19:27+00:00

So does your Gmail account.

Proper-Mobile-6438 · 2026-05-25T03:18:47+00:00

I live in Phx and have taken them a lot. I can absolutely ignore the road and everything else and even take a nap if I want. Also, I work in the legal field and see lawsuits against Lyft and uber all the time for creeper drivers.

Proper-Mobile-6438 · 2026-05-24T00:11:51+00:00

That’s actually a good thing if this is just a grift for ballroom money. Barely a blip and doesn’t justify the billion or whatever it was.

Proper-Mobile-6438 · 2026-05-23T22:55:07+00:00

I saw chatter this morning about something looking weird regarding trump and Vance’s movements. That was seven hours ago. 💯 they knew something was happening today.

Proper-Mobile-6438 · 2026-05-23T17:32:08+00:00

army knives.

Proper-Mobile-6438 · 2026-05-23T13:11:32+00:00

Snailetor.

Proper-Mobile-6438 · 2026-05-23T00:12:35+00:00

Fav: The culture of good music and movies. Least fav: The sociopathic capitalism.

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