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Home Electrical -- Circuit down?

Thanks, I'll test the hot vs. ground, hadn't done so yet. When I get home I will check every outlet, too. We don't have a basement. I don't think there's any way for me to trace the line from the breaker, either.
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- Post #41
- Dec 8, 2008
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Home Electrical -- Circuit down?

Sorry =X. Chem major here, didn't do very well in my EM Physics course.
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- Post #33
- Dec 8, 2008
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Home Electrical -- Circuit down?

The ones I picked up were $1.50 but I believe rated for 14AWG. I will go back and pick up the 12AWG ones, and yes, I am using the side-screw kinds, all that I've found so far are the push-in variety. I have a feeling I'm overlooking an outlet somewhere, and will go through and double check...
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- Post #32
- Dec 8, 2008
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Home Electrical -- Circuit down?

Update 2: So the outlet in question was very damaged. The front face had fallen off and a wire behind it was burned a bit. I replaced the outlet (I'm getting good at this now... took me about 20 min.). Unfortunately... that outlet wasn't on the circuit that's giving me issues. So now I'm back to...
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- Post #26
- Dec 8, 2008
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Home Electrical -- Circuit down?

Yep, I'm replacing those with regular outlets as I'm going along the line.
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- Post #25
- Dec 8, 2008
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Home Electrical -- Circuit down?

Update: Well, I think I found the bad socket. My dad "forgot" to tell me about a damaged socket that was giving him issues a couple years ago that was behind a sofa. (grr, after all this work) I can't exactly test it with the outlet tester because of the damage done to the socket, so I'm not...
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- Post #22
- Dec 8, 2008
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Home Electrical -- Circuit down?

Thanks, the outlets I've inspected have enough wire, but I have not yet found a "bad" outlet (one that the plugin tester doesn't work on). The dead outlets still show a "correct" wiring using the tester. I'm not sure how many things were plugged into the circuit at the time it went down, but...
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- Post #14
- Dec 7, 2008
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Home Electrical -- Circuit down?

Okay, I'm not totally clueless =X about all things electric -- I have some experience soldering electronics, but I don't really know much about household wiring. Everybody's been telling me that the plugin tester shouldn't work if it doesn't get 120 volts, so I'm not sure what the plugin...
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- Post #13
- Dec 7, 2008
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Home Electrical -- Circuit down?

I'm sorry but I didn't really understand any of that? I'm trying to Google the terms, but I'm really clueless as to anything electric. I'm reading a home improvement manual and a bunch of electrical sources to learn everything I can.
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- Post #9
- Dec 7, 2008
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Home Electrical -- Circuit down?

Okay, well, I inspected several of the outlets, they all look fine inside. As far as checking the voltage to the breaker, the electrician used those contact-free volt checkers at the circuit breaker and they lit up. I was going to purchase one of those testers too but assumed it wasn't...
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- Post #7
- Dec 7, 2008
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Home Electrical -- Circuit down?

All of the outlets on a circuit in my home are down. I called an electrician in on Friday and he tested the circuit breakers (all were fine). He then tested the outlets with a plugin outlet tester, and those showed up fine too. Thinking everything was fine, I apologized for asking him to...
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- Dec 7, 2008
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Selecting a health insurance plan (for small business)?

My mom and I run a small importing business. She has her own personal health insurance, which the company reimburses a large portion back to her for, but it's pretty expensive (Blue Cross/Blue Shield PPO I think) -- about $550/mo. Her deductibles are high, and at one point she was spending...
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- Jul 2, 2008
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Eddie Murphy - Back to stand up??

Bowfinger, Coming to America, Beverly Hills Cop... he has some good movies. Raw and Delirious were amazing =)
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- Post #17
- Jul 2, 2008
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Chest exercise with no lower back impact

I've found that machines isolate their specific muscle really well, so if you're having a problem with those, it might be an issue of weight. Try dropping the weight down low to where you can be sure your lower back isn't involved in the movement at all. I'd think free weights would be a bigger...
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- Post #11
- Apr 5, 2008
- Forum: Health and Fitness
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Multivitains - Do you take them? Which brand?

I used to take the Costco Performance multivitamin (6 pills -- 1 multi, 1 b-complex, 2 calcium, 1 vitamin e, 1 ginseng), but I had a couple bad experiences with it here and there. It seemed to dissolve too quickly, and would make my stomach sour if I hadn't eaten much. I switched over to Men's...
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- Post #10
- Apr 5, 2008
- Forum: Health and Fitness

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