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Hello my name is Jon.I recently plugged in a power tool in the garage .it shorted out a whole line of outlets . Its a total of 7 outlets on the line including a double outlet.I changed all .I changed the circuit breaker as well . Some say ok on a reader and some no ground but still no power on all.I followed the line throughout the basement all looks good. In the crawl space just before the first outlet in the line .I have a junction with a line going to the first 3 outlets (cgfi)on one side of the fire place then another line going from same box over to the other side of the fire place . The second line includes the double outlet and the last in line. my question is did I need to hook it up a certain way in the line .such as bottom to top etc on the outlets? .I feel I'm close and have not gone back to it .just stumped here .I may have just missed something something .as far as a hook up order . I plan on opening all again and start at the beginning and work my way around I have also changed all outlets to regular outlets so they are all new(no cgfi) . I have enclosed a hopefully helpful diagram. Any advice would be greatly appreciated thanks in advance.
Jon.
 

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Are they GFCI Receptacles because they will not work if wired incorrectly
There was 2 in the mix but if look at the diagram it was odd but I finally got them working I did change out the gfci to regular outlets none of the junction boxes had grounds so I grounded all 3 and redid the whole line from beginning to end grounded all junction boxes and all new outlets everything is perfect now I still don't know what caused it in the fist place or what the actual problem was but everything is neat and tight .thank you for your help.
Are they GFCI Receptacles because they will not work if wired incorrectly
 
There was 2 in the mix but if look at the diagram it was odd but I finally got them working I did change out the gfci to regular outlets none of the junction boxes had grounds so I grounded all 3 and redid the whole line from beginning to end grounded all junction boxes and all new outlets everything is perfect now I still don't know what caused it in the fist place or what the actual problem was but everything is neat and tight .thank you for your help.
You are quite welcome my friend and if you have any more questions you don’t hesitate to come back to this forum
 
You are quite welcome my friend and if you have any more questions you don’t hesitate to come back to this forum
Hello again ..long time . I have question about a transfer switch.i want to hook one up for my generator .I have a sub panel in the mother in law suit.can I power that with the switch from the main? I believe the sub is wired differently.(2 hots?).so I'm not sure if this a safe move .
 
Hello again ..long time . I have question about a transfer switch.i want to hook one up for my generator .I have a sub panel in the mother in law suit.can I power that with the switch from the main? I believe the sub is wired differently.(2 hots?).so I'm not sure if this a safe move .
Yes you can if you have a transfer switch and since it’s a main lug only panel. You will have to get the power from your transfer switch and not your main panel. Good luck with your project.
 

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