Beernik
Well-Known Member
Last week I finally got a handyman in to figure out a couple electrical problems in my house. I can do some basic electric but these were weird enough that I couldn’t diagnose it.
In my main bathroom, there was an incorrectly wired outlet that wasn’t passing electricity. There was also an incorrectly wired switch that controlled that circuit (gotta love the 70s).
I’m my kitchen I had another incorrectly wired light switch that wasn’t passing electricity to the next light on the circuit.
So I decided I was smart enough to check the wiring on my outlets, bought an outlet tester, and I would spend one day every weekend checking outlets. First outlet I checked - ungrounded. I expected to have to run a new grounding wire into the box.
I turned the power off, pulled the receptacle, and the jackass had jammed a ground wire all the way in the back instead of taking the 2 minutes to do the job right.
Who else has home projects going on?
In my main bathroom, there was an incorrectly wired outlet that wasn’t passing electricity. There was also an incorrectly wired switch that controlled that circuit (gotta love the 70s).
I’m my kitchen I had another incorrectly wired light switch that wasn’t passing electricity to the next light on the circuit.
So I decided I was smart enough to check the wiring on my outlets, bought an outlet tester, and I would spend one day every weekend checking outlets. First outlet I checked - ungrounded. I expected to have to run a new grounding wire into the box.
I turned the power off, pulled the receptacle, and the jackass had jammed a ground wire all the way in the back instead of taking the 2 minutes to do the job right.
Who else has home projects going on?