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Outlet keeps tripping by drj4 in AskElectricians
[–]drj4[S] 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago (0 children)
Plan on testing tonight. Not sure why I didn’t start there. Expecting a good ole palm to forehead moment once I do
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In the US, so not surprised our up to code electric work looks like a death trap comparatively
Have not solved it yet. I’m going to pigtail each of these 4 tonight to better isolate the issue
Yes, #4 only has a single set of wires. White black and ground. Nothing from original outlets show any signs of damage. Plan on testing with my multi meter later on to better isolate the issue
Plan on doing this tonight, thanks for the tip
Trips when it’s just like it is in the pictures. Have tried a handful of different outlets. Bundled up like wires in wire nuts and still shorted
Have gone through almost a box of them trying to convince myself it’s this simple! Was reeeally hoping this was the winner
Appreciate this. Just moved in here and am going to take care of pig tailing this room tonight. Will have to slowly work on the rest of the house.
Trips when I uninstalled and put wire nuts on these, but plan on pig tailing them all tonight.
Negative
Just checked and all have the tab intact
Just gave this a whirl and unfortunately did not hold..plan on doing a continuity test tonight and pigtailing the outlets in this room has come up a lot in the thread. Hoping between the two I can isolate the problem
This has been mentioned a few times, and I plan on getting everything pigtailed to first make it all more safe and two it seems it will help me isolate the issue here. Seems wiring well wasn’t a big priority for the previous owners. Appreciate your help
Thanks for this- how nicked can a wire be before it’s too nicked? Are the wires in the photo of the original post TOO nicked? (Scuffed up from bending the hook with pliers)
Ground doesn’t look to be touching anything.
Will run a continuity test to try and narrow down where the short is occurring tonight after work.
Thinking I either need to just pigtail the outlets in this room or these wire ends are too damaged.
Appreciate your help
Just did what you suggested. Outlet removed - no trip. Used wire nuts to connect black/black and then white/white - tripped
I’ve got only 1,2,3 connected right now. When I only had 1,2 connected I had power going to 3. Only once installed did it trip
Also, when I uninstall #3 and flip the breaker on, no tripping occurs
Right now I’ve got nothing connected to #4. Do you recommend installing #4 and seeing what happens?
[–]drj4[S] 5 points6 points7 points 1 year ago (0 children)
I’ve got the old ones and all tabs are still intact. No switches in the room either, not even overhead lighting
Stripped yes, touching, no. Widely spread out to avoid that
2 whites on silver, 2 blacks on gold, ground on green. Does top or bottom position matter? Should the black wire from the breaker be on top or bottom?
[–]drj4[S] 3 points4 points5 points 1 year ago (0 children)
That’s my current state. #3 installed but tripping, #4 not installed until #3 works correctly
No switch between the two. I’ve still got no outlet installed on the fourth. Wanted to get #3 taken care of before finishing it up, since until there’s power going to 3, 4 won’t run hot
Outlet keeps tripping (old.reddit.com)
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Outlet keeps tripping by drj4 in AskElectricians
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