How to get these three outlets working?

[frodo]

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_2D8Eo15wE"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_2D8Eo15wE[/ame]...............

 

[farmerjohn1324]

switches are different
wire nut all the whites together
the black goes to the switch

I don't understand. Here's what I have:

The wires at the switch are two cables, each with a black wire, white wire, and ground wire. They are currently nutted together because I was testing other things, but I will take them apart.

Here is the switch I bought. It has a ground screw, two brass screws, and a black screw.

What goes to what?

 

[frodo]

the switch in the picture is a 3 way switch

3 way switch

single pole switch


both single and 3 way switches

 

[farmerjohn1324]

the switch in the picture is a 3 way switch

3 way switch
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single pole switch
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both single and 3 way switches

So it sounds like I need to return my 3 way switch and buy a basic one.

Btw, as far as the outlet goes, I checked and mapped every outlet, switch, and fixture on that breaker, and none of them go to that outlet. I'm done for the night but back at it tomorrow. It is obvious which breaker I should try next.

 

[farmerjohn1324]

Looking ahead to tomorrow. Let's assume I will find the cable that goes to the non-working outlet. Then what? I can't exactly drag it out of the wall to see if a rat chewed it, can I? Other than circumstantial evidence, how do I make sure I have the right cable? Is this the continuity test?

Here's my guess. I take a DC tester, not a multimeter, I attach speaker wire to the clamp and splice the other end to the black wire in one room. I then poke the tester to the other end of the black wire in question? But of course, if a rat chewed through, that won't help me.

Btw, what's my answer if a rat chewed through?

 

[frodo]

Looking ahead to tomorrow. Let's assume I will find the cable that goes to the non-working outlet.

have you replaced EVERY outlet on that circuit? from the back stabs to a
outlet with screws?

 

[farmerjohn1324]

have you replaced EVERY outlet on that circuit? from the back stabs to a
outlet with screws?

Yes.

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[frodo]

have you changed out all the switches?
an outlet can be wired from a switch, just depends on how the wire was pulled

the wire can very well be pulled from the room behind that room
check and see if there is a plug in, on the opposite side of that wall directly behind the plug in

 

[farmerjohn1324]

have you changed out all the switches?
an outlet can be wired from a switch, just depends on how the wire was pulled

the wire can very well be pulled from the room behind that room
check and see if there is a plug in, on the opposite side of that wall directly behind the plug in

Yes. It's not on that breaker.

I know which breaker to test next. Once I find a wire that I think is the one, how do I test to make sure?

 

[frodo]

turn breakers off
take apart the plug ins and switches
turn breaker on

touch the wires to find the live one

 

[Snoonyb]

He has a VOM.

Or did you mean to wet his finger first.

 

[frodo]

He has a VOM.

Or did you mean to wet his finger first.

in his earlier post he seemed......befuddled
with the use of a volt meter
using the little tester I have posted takes the twitterpation out of the task , when you have power the light comes on, no power, no light

 

[Snoonyb]

That may need another trip to the store.

He also missed the directions in the GFCI to use the test reset buttons.

 

[frodo]

That may need another trip to the store.

He also missed the directions in the GFCI to use the test reset buttons.

Yeah, i fell out of my chair when I read that, Spilled my tea on the keyboard
scared the damn cat,

 

[farmerjohn1324]

Here is a map of the entire mobile home.

O = outlet
S = switch
F = fixture (light or fan)

The numbers that are not in parenthesis is the breaker number. The numbers in parenthesis are how many cables go to that box.

I tested all of breaker 3. The next most likely are 5 and 8. The cables in 8 are black, but the cable to this non-working outlet is white. I tested everything on 5 that is in the bedroom on the left side.

The non-working outlet is the "O" on the bottom left with no number next to it that is right next to S3.

 

[farmerjohn1324]

I've tested every box in a 9 mile radius and have found nothing that leads to that wire.

 

[frodo]

can not make heads or tails out of that paper

draw a floor plan that shows the rooms and outlets

like this, i understand this

 

[Snoonyb]

What does "53" represent?

 

[farmerjohn1324]

can not make heads or tails out of that paper

draw a floor plan that shows the rooms and outlets

like this, i understand this

Here it is....

 

[farmerjohn1324]

What does "53" represent?

S3 (not 53) is a switch on the 3rd breaker.