My thought as I read your post was an open neutral, not an open ground. Looks like that's what was found. An open ground wouldn't cause a weird voltage reading, but an open neutral would.Hi guys,
I appreciate everyones help. I wanted to give everyone a quick update.
The electrician stopped by today. As it turns out, there was a slightly burned neutral wire in the breaker panel that appeared loose. The electrician also noticed several other wires that were loose. I understand some of you recommended that I tighten the screens in the panel but to be quite honest with you, I wasn't comfortable doing it.
Long story short, he repaired the wire and tightened all the screws in the breaker panel. Problem solved.
Thanks again!
Not all GFCI outlets have the line on top and the load on the bottom (with the ground pin down). They are all clearly marked though.
I did not know there is a difference between GFI and GFCI except there are more letters in one of them.Paul
Boring Trivia:
Did you know that there is a difference between GFI and GFCI?
(Even More Boring: The difference between GFI, GFCI amd ALCI, GFPE, IDCI, etc.)
And the difference is?Paul
Boring Trivia:
Did you know that there is a difference between GFI and GFCI?
And the difference is?
That's why, back in #24, I put it way down at the bottom under my "signature' and called it "Boring Trivia". Key word = "Trivia"PJB12: Interesting.
I think the terms "GFCI" and "GFI" are used interchangeably. If someone on the forum were to ask how to reset a GFCI or if they asked how to reset a GFI the response would be the same for both as "Is it a breaker or receptacle". Each would have a unique procedure to reset. Handle on a breaker, button on a receptacle.
Kind of the same thing when someone refers to a dual function AFCI/GFCI breaker being a combination AFCI/GFCI breaker. The word "combination" refers to the newer AFCI being "combination" protecting for parallel and series arc faults and not "combination" being both a AFCI and GFCI device.
Also being that this is a DIY forum which mainly caters to the home owner I think GFCI and GFI mean the same thing in the DIY forum at least. If a DIYer were to Google "what is the difference between a GFCI and GFI" the results would say they are the same thing.