Cloakingknight
Member
I recently plugged in a dewalt drill charger and it must have shorted something. I couldnt turn on the light that is on the same circuit. Easy, just flip the breaker. Went to the panel and found that the breaker did pop. I flipped it off and on, went back expecting every to be work. Nope didnt work. I thought maybe bad outlet, switched it out, same problem. Used a non contact pen to test, and every outlet, switch beeps, but no power to power any devices.
I thought it was a gfi issue, which I do have 2 gfi on the circuit, I pressed restart on both and nothing happened. I disconnected one of the gfi, didnt bother with the other one after I hooked up my voltmeter.
Volt meter results.
Hot and neutral. Now 1.9 - 2.4.
Hot and ground .5v
Neutral and ground is .4v
Not sure why I get so low voltage. I did some research. Could it be a loose connection up stream? Could it be a faulty breaker?
Thanks, I figure an electrician will charge a bunch.
I thought it was a gfi issue, which I do have 2 gfi on the circuit, I pressed restart on both and nothing happened. I disconnected one of the gfi, didnt bother with the other one after I hooked up my voltmeter.
Volt meter results.
Hot and neutral. Now 1.9 - 2.4.
Hot and ground .5v
Neutral and ground is .4v
Not sure why I get so low voltage. I did some research. Could it be a loose connection up stream? Could it be a faulty breaker?
Thanks, I figure an electrician will charge a bunch.