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The test button acts as if it is stuck. I've used a multimeter going from hot to ground and I get 120 volts. A gfci tester shows correct but when i push the test button on the tester, nothing happens.

I stapled them to the joists so there not on the ground anymore.

I have a gfi plug in my bathroom and I can't get the test button to work. A gfci tester says correct wiring but the test button does nothing. It acts like it is stuck or something. There is another plug in the bathroom that is on the load side of the gfci and when I hold in the reset button on...

I was just wondering if this is up to code. I'm sure i will have to replace it in the future. I'll just run 12-2 UF with conduit when I replace it. The underside of my cabin is dirt which is always dry. I just wasn't sure if romex being outside and laying on the ground is ok.

My uncle has a log cabin that he gave to me and it was built back in the 40's. Since he's was an industrial electrician he redid the electrical in 1990 because of few plugs and knob and tube wiring. In order to avoid so many wires running along the wall he decided to drill through the floor and...

As long as the circuit isnt overloaded, go ahead. Just connect ground, neutral, and hot at outlet. Then run that to new switch box. Connect your grounds with a pigtail to the switch and if it's a metal box make one for it too. Connect the two neutrals and put both hots on the switch. The wire...

If power is going to the switch first, you need to shut the power off to that circuit and take a multimeter and touch one probe to black and the other to ground. Whatever one you get a reading on is your power. You need to splice from your power line, neutral and ground. Then run that wire to...