No power in garage! help!?
Question:Breaker is ok and tested good for 120v. Neon tester shows ok but when I plug in a light it doesn't work and the neon tester goes out. If I plug neon tester in other outlet it works until I plug another light in another outlet. I checked and tightened the neutral at the breaker box. How do I find the problem?
Answers:
if breaker and circuit checks good and wires are tight then you need to look at the first plug receptacle in line after the breaker. Plugs are usually daisy chained several on one circuit breaker. It sounds like the wire is not making a good connection where it is jumped to the next one. Pull receptacle and check screw on side for tightness and if you got the kind that the wire is just stuck in the back go get one with the screws for the wires and go from there. If the breaker is not tripping when you plug in the light then it is a loose wire connection.
Garages should be on a GFCI outlet, sounds like you may have a bad one. Reset it first prior to replacing
It must be a bad receptical replace it with a ground fault circuit interupter(GFCI) out there in that garage,just for extra protection
try resetting your breakers again even if they are fine
First, check how much amperage the breaker has, and how many items are connected to that circuit. E.g. 10 amps has a safe load of 750 watts and anything over a thousand can trip the breaker. Second, are all the hot and neutrals connected properly and nothing is touching each other, third is to check the light your using, if it is shorted out in itself thus triggering the breaker to trip or you can do the third option as your first. And last is change the breaker. And if nothing is still works then call an electrician.
Not enough info. What do you mean the outlet works until you plug a light in? Does it trip the breaker? If it is not tripping the breaker, you probably have a loose connection somewhere. Start at the panel, making sure the ground, neutral and hot connections are all tight. Then, go to the first receptacle and chack all the connections. Make sure the strip of wire under the screw is bare copper and has no insulation under the screw. Take apart any splices and make sure they are still tight and not broken. Put them back together when done. Keep going through every item on the circuit until you find the loose one. If your receptacles are wired by pushing the conductor in the back of the receptacle, take them all apart and place the wires under the screws. Black to brass and white to silver colored screws.
i'm betting on a loose neutral somewhere between the breaker and the point you are working,, good chance in your outlets
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