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Stevewaclo
Hello all,
As a member of various other Forums I understand that after reading the “guidance sticky” (done!) I should use search to see if others have shared my situation.
Gonna pass on that last step (the Auto-search on my question was a nice touch) and get right to it.
I have a small shed next to my home and needed an inside light and receptacle. I used metal sheathed cable and wire nuts to tap into the switched wiring at an outside lamp next to the man-door of my garage. The garage lamp, and at least one receptacle in the garage are on a 15A branch. So far, so good and lamp and receptacle in the shed worked through the garage lamp switch.
Yesterday, I plugged a table saw (1/3 HP) into the shed receptacle and turned the saw on. The blade began to spin up but suddenly went silent and slowly came to a stop. Shed light went out.
A check of the breaker in the main box showed it not tripped. Flipped it off and on several times. No joy.
In an effort to isolate the issue, I disconnected my DIY wiring between the outside lamp and the shed and found no power at the garage lamp.
I opened the breaker panel and used a meter to test for voltage at the breaker and found 125V. I also checked all other breakers in case I was not on the correct circuit, but found proper voltage up and down both sides of the panel.
I opened a receptacle box inside the garage wall from the lamp that had also gone dead and no voltage there or on a nearby receptacle.
A check of two GFCI‘s inside the garage found them to test properly and continued to test OK (Test/Reset) of the position of the aforementioned breaker.
Before I call in an electrician, what other tests can I make?
Mark Twain said, “It ain’t what you know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you think you know, that just ain’t so.” Suspect this is going to end with a face palm...
Stumped. : (
As a member of various other Forums I understand that after reading the “guidance sticky” (done!) I should use search to see if others have shared my situation.
Gonna pass on that last step (the Auto-search on my question was a nice touch) and get right to it.
I have a small shed next to my home and needed an inside light and receptacle. I used metal sheathed cable and wire nuts to tap into the switched wiring at an outside lamp next to the man-door of my garage. The garage lamp, and at least one receptacle in the garage are on a 15A branch. So far, so good and lamp and receptacle in the shed worked through the garage lamp switch.
Yesterday, I plugged a table saw (1/3 HP) into the shed receptacle and turned the saw on. The blade began to spin up but suddenly went silent and slowly came to a stop. Shed light went out.
A check of the breaker in the main box showed it not tripped. Flipped it off and on several times. No joy.
In an effort to isolate the issue, I disconnected my DIY wiring between the outside lamp and the shed and found no power at the garage lamp.
I opened the breaker panel and used a meter to test for voltage at the breaker and found 125V. I also checked all other breakers in case I was not on the correct circuit, but found proper voltage up and down both sides of the panel.
I opened a receptacle box inside the garage wall from the lamp that had also gone dead and no voltage there or on a nearby receptacle.
A check of two GFCI‘s inside the garage found them to test properly and continued to test OK (Test/Reset) of the position of the aforementioned breaker.
Before I call in an electrician, what other tests can I make?
Mark Twain said, “It ain’t what you know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you think you know, that just ain’t so.” Suspect this is going to end with a face palm...
Stumped. : (
