Electrical conundrum quiz
I have solved this problem, but thought the electrical experts might try their hand at diagnosing this problem. My father in law made a homemade extension cord. He took a 12/2 wG cable and put a pl...
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enblethen wrote:
Try putting a three way plug tape or power strip into receptacle and then plug in tester to see if makes any difference.
I have already fixed the problem. Further testing of the old problem is not possible.
Hiking Hunter wrote:
Bobbo -
When you originally tested the circuit you had a three light tester. Was the load you tested with (that didn't work) just a two wire ungrounded load?
No, it was a pair of 4 foot 2 bulb fluorescent shop lights with 3 prong plugs. Now, I haven't opened up the lights to see if the ground wire is hooked up in them.
As soon as I re-wired the plug, the lights worked.
The actual, physical, setup is this. He hung 2 of the shop light fixtures from the ceiling but had nowhere to plug them in. He put a box on the wall beside them with a duplex outlet and plugged them in. He ran about 3 feet of wire down to a box he attached to the wall at chest height and put a SPST switch in. From the switch he was about 1 foot from a normal wall outlet, so he wired up a 1 foot long piece and plugged it in.
I tested it with the 3 light tester by unplugging the light fixtures.
