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Breaker off. I spy 3 outlets and 2 overhead lights that aren't working.

That isn't as much stuff as I thought it would be. Now to go 1 by 1 looking for the issue.

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Bill Cypher 1y ago

First step, the panel. Took a torque screwdriver through the panel tightening every ground and neutral with a wire on it.

I know you think you have a calibrated arm, YOU DO NOT. It is a wonder this is my only problem. I'm going to change shoes and do the hot wires later after what I just saw. I probably should have worn my insulated boots for the entire panel now that I think about it.

All tight now including confirming the specific ground for the faulty circuit. Tested, still voltage on ground at the outlet where I found the problem.

I guess that means I'll be opening up outlets and light fixtures. Yay

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Bill Cypher 1y ago

Plot twist. I had the wrong breaker. I used a breaker finder and it was confident, only a single breaker beeped. I went over the entire panel multiple times and it always beeped on the same breaker.

I figured it out because after that last test I turned the breaker back off, walked back over to my meter and it still showed voltage.

I guess I'm back to step find the problem breaker. I had that false positive issue with the breaker finder before and the cause was the circuit being on a subpanel.

I'm done for now. More on this developing story tomorrow.

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