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Nice find Skid 💪 That's the same way I go about troubleshooting my electrical issues. It's always nice finding the problem fairly quick, whenever you got something that takes an hour or more there's 50 other things that need done. Keep the videos coming 👍 Happy Friday!!!!

Thank you I've been chasing this very thing for a month.

Good to have your channel this will help me to start anew on being a maintenance technician, start to gain knowledge, thanks for your contents, hope to see more of your videos

Great video! I literally know next to nothing about electricity and just using the logic in this video was able to easily find and fix almost the same problem myself. Was just about to call an electrician too.. close call. Thanks Lex!!!

Great work. Thanks for posting!

Wow! Your video was simple to understand and helped me resolve my issue. Thank you so much for helping me.

Lex, this is a prime example of why most electricians prefer to pigtail each receptacle that feeds another device. Had that receptacle been pigtailed in the box, ONLY that one receptacle would have been affected by that burned wire, every other device would have still had current unless the burned wire was at the wire nut at the pigtail in the outlet box. It's also MUCH easier to find problems when a circuit is pigtailed in each box instead of "pass thru" wired by using all 4 screws on each receptacle.

i’m an apprentice electrician and one of my outlets in my house haven’t been working since i moved there 2 years ago . i decided to take a look and fix it since i’m confident i could do something so ‘simple’. did a continuity test and my neutrals beeped to another outlet and my lights. however my hot wouldn’t beep to any of the outlets or lights. keep in mind the 3rd outlet in the room is connected to a completely seperate breaker than the others. i checked all splices and connections and even replaced my outlets and still nothing. It’s a head scratcher, but still looking for the disconnect and i won’t give up until i do!

Excellent little troubleshooting vid Sir Lex-A-Lot ... Been there , done that ... Thnx ...

Thank you sir! Same issue same solution. You saved me some money!

Awesome video, had this issue not to long ago and had to take off all plugs and outlets and found it also. Wish I would’ve seen this video would’ve saved me a lot of time lol.

Thanks. I have the same problem. I hope I can fix it now. 👍

Nice job Professor!

awesome skid good troubleshooting skills very helpful

to find an open neutral, turn all breakers and main off(safety/meter/tool saver), then use continuity meter/beeper and go from ground to neutral on all the problem the outlets(switch box/device) until you find the last outlet or switch box with continuity from neutral to ground(through the bond at panel). it's often at that location where the loose wire is, if not it will be the next one down. use a long wire and you can test from outlet to outlet across the room until you find the open also (this method for an open hot too) or you can use a tone generator and the amplifier probe, everything at or past the problem spot will be screaming loudly.

Thank you for this video

Great video thanks for sharing

Thank you, sir. I was about to call a professional until I clicked on your video. You are money safer.

Thanks for sharing..

Hey bro, your video and explanation on what could cause no power in one outlet and power in the other one. I followed your theory and went to the bathroom in my case because that was the closest to the room, fair enough the neutral line in the first outlet was out completely. Like you said at the end of the video, that was an easy fix but with advise from an expert. Thx bro

Thank you so much this work for me!!

Looking forward to more vids love watching them

Thank you for the video I solved my problem

Great video Thanks

Love it man.. great work that's how I do when tracing for issues around the house. Learned so much watching your videos big dog😅

I had the same problem thanks to you i could fix it ... thank yoh so much

We’re proud of you sir

Great vid! Thanks :)

Great video bro

Thanks for helping me realize the gfci outlet in the main bathroom sent power to the master bedroom, bathroom and closet.

Bro God sent me to this video😂 I literally did what u did and found the bad outlet lol preciate it now I have to find the video on how to change it

Good troubleshooting skills bro.

That was a great video

Found an outlet below, Main light switch of a bedroom, that’s been taped off since place was built!! How could this of not been complained about! Property Built in 95/96!! Good lesson for the newbies. 👌

Great video

Thamks

hell ya bro thanks

If you wired the receptacles using pigtails and wire nuts you would have only one hot wire, one neutral wire, and one ground wire connected to each receptacle. Then only the receptacle with the loose wire will be affected. That is the preferred method and is safer.

B to b , thanks .

I heard you in the beginning 😂 no judgement here electricity makes me nervous to lol

That's a good one, I hate searching for a lost neutral.

Definitely been there before I just love it when you chase it for awhile just to find out it’s a loose wire nut lol

😎 Find . I'll remember that one. Easier to test the outlets for power with the tester though. Keep rocking Lex...

I'm having this issue in my garage. Thanks

helluva job

Thank you for the video. I learned from the video. My house had similar problem. I would have no idea if I didn't watch this video. One of my room totally has no electricity (both light, fan and outlet). One of outlet of the next room and one outlet in the living room and two outlet in the basement have no electricity. The breakers are on and GFCI is on. I opened the outlets without electricity one by one. Finally, when I opened the 5th outlet, I found the problem. The outlet is loose and melted. So I turned off the electricity and replaced the outlet. When turned the electricity back on, all the problems are solved. Outlet, light and fans are working fine!

as taught in the mid 90's we always spliced all wiring and left pigtails just for the outlet/switch/devices. that way no current ever passed through outlets/devices to downstream and for that exact reason, of course you cannot limp wrist the wire nuts on and make a good connection, so eat your wheaties :)) I always hated splicing days, even with the wing-nuts caps and driver tool for cordless drill, that was a ton of work stripping all the wire/jacket and splicing out. yuck

Try finding a loose neutral in a 1000 room hotel. Can be a bit tricky to say the least. Good find, good vid.

If you check all the outlets under good, check the junction box

smart thinking, dang.i would have called an electrician!

This happens occasionally at my work and sometimes a machine power cord won’t plug in or difficulty pulling it out.

spring connection in plug moved , losing connection do to current draw over time. Use the screws and the spring is out of the equization , you had the answer early in the search

Literally have this same problem through 2 rooms and about to try it. Wish me luck yall im so scared of elctricity!

Very familiar sight in my neck of the woods LOL

That's why I never install outlets like that. I always use wire nuts and do a pigtail to the outlet. That way the outlets downstream are not dependent on a device.

Does it matter which black goes on top and bottom or either one can go on top and bottom brass

Not sure if this was asked, but what do you think caused that burn out on the neutral of the offending outlet?

Hey Lex, What if only one outlet is failing? There are no other electrical issues found in this home. The outlet failing is a ground fault outlet and has not tripped. The black wire is hot at 70VAC. The same reading of 70VAC is shown if I measure between the black and white (neutral) wire when the outlet is removed. This is a single phase 120v 60Hz residential outlet.

Useful video, I have issue in one room where room has two out lets, one out let does not have any power and other one is kind of unusual, if I insert any plug which connect to any device, in the out let, room light works but if there is no plug/device; then room light does not work, any idea what is the issue or causing this? thank you

Did you still check the circuit breaker and buss. A burnt natural usually means a arching or loose connection some where. Good catch.

Lex Vance, Vance Refrigeration. I thought for SURE you were going to end the video with plugging the test light into the 2nd BR outlets! 😮

Hi can you help me out please? Thank you for the videos. So about couple months now it all started from the master bedroom light and a wall outlet on one wall that stopped working. Then since then electrical around the house stopped working. For instances, the kitchen one wall with an outlet where we plugged the fridge and microwave suddenly stopped working. Then we used an extension cord on the other wall (left side) where sink is so it can reach the fridge…it worked but keeps going out and we thought maybe it’s cause the extension cord is heavy and may not plug in tight and we wiggled as we wiggle it will turn on and off so we taped it to hold in place…that outlet now is dead too. Then now I have a different extension cord with just 1 plug I use to plug the fridge in and it connected to the outlet on the right side of the sink where the disposal switch is (oh and the disposal doesn’t work but has power maybe that just need replacement), anyways and from there just last night the outlet on the wall facing the front door stopped working and an outlet on the left of that wall only 1 plug outlet works but can clearly see black things like it exploded so I unplug it now today after I saw how dark the damage is and same night last night the dining room and kitchen lights (both separate areas) stopped working, hallway bathroom light stopped working, my sons room light and outlets are not working. I watched KZfaq how to check using a multimeter and I have one that from harbor freight called cen tech a red one and I set it to ACV 750 and tested the dark one that looks blown up and top plug one comes out at 125 and bottom plug zero reading or no numbers come on and it doesn’t work when attempted to plug something in to test only top one works. Then as I went to test the wall outlet in the dining room I inserted the black lead probe on the left of plug and RIGHT when I inserted the RED lead probe in at first no reading so I thought maybe I didn’t put in far to where probe is not making contact so I push a little and the outlet SPARKED in my face and outlet is also black now with the right side of the hole looking so much bigger! Like it suppose to look like a parallel line but now it’s a circle. And the multimeter the red probe metal part is damage. Do you think you can help me? I have reset all the gfi 1 main one that turns the other 2 on I guess cause if the main gfi isn’t on the other 2 will not reset at all. Other 2 gfi only lets me reset and actually clicks if I reset the main one that has the red and black button. I also checked the power panel switch box outside to see if any of those switch are in the middle and all are turn on but I did turn off and on all switches that said ;lighting, kitchen, washer and dryer, etc. still none of the lights work and outlet still not working. We have home warranty and already requested service but taking too long. I’ve contacted the service company and left a message as they have not even contact me for an appointment.

I have the same problem except none of the outlets in the circuit have power going to them. All hot wires are dead. Breaker reads 124 bolts at the box. No gfis or junction boxes that I could find. Maybe burned up the hot wire in between the breaker and the first outlet in the chain?

Easy money day Skid.

Man this video saved me, i was having the exact problem as shown in your video...breaker not tripped and no electricity in 2 bedroom and only half of the third...i searched for hours looking for a video with my exact problem then i found yours and boom $1.67 later and i had it fixed...thanks for posting..

Ok

Cool on the one outlet that wasn’t working did it have power and was not just working ?

I have an issue going on I think it’s the same problem you fixed and this video to rooms are not getting any power and the breaker is not tripped I tried turning off the breaker off and on to see if it was in power back on in the room but nothing I’m going to see if I can try What you did

I love when people fail to hand torque the screws at the last step, causes it to arc and burn up

I think I’m having the same issue in my home but we’ve switched out the outlets and even replaced a fuse but still no power along one wall in bedroom and the livingroom along with one of the rooms in the basement which we did find one burnt outlet in the basement but still no power. Any help?

So junctions feed the next junction from left to right in a room always?? Or no?

Technically, those devices (NEC defined) are “receptacles” not an outlet. The assembly of box conductors and device(receptacle) is a receptacle outlet. There are also light outlets and smoke detector outlets.

Our switches aren’t working even tho we put new ones in but the breaker is good and not tripping. What do you recommend me to do .

I have an issue of my master bedroom outlet no electrical out the light and fan are on working fine. I went to my circuit breaker check is on and all GFCI are on too. All other bedroom outlets are working. Except the master bedroom outlet. So what is the solution to fix this issue Sir?

How do you know which outlet feeds which? I just lost all power to my living room.

What happened to your last video? You changed an exit sign what happened that was a very educational video. At least to me it was 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

Should the wires always have power through them if the power isnt switches off? Im trying to fix my lights and all the outlets are fine but i got a power tester thing and none have power running to them so im worried its not an outlet problem and ill have to pay a lot to have someone come out and fix it

Having this issue. Calling the landlord to get it fix.

If any in the chain go out, they will all go? Could the light switches also cause this. Thanks

I have power going out to half the living room and one bedroom. If I plug in something to the closest working outlet the power comes back on. Is what happened in this video the same problem? 2-11-24

The pigtail method is a double edged sword if one of your outlets gets buried by the drywall contractor you might not even realize it and then have the danger of live wires in your wall

Can an outlet upstream from a gfci cause this?

2:17 Wait, so why did the outlet burn? Is it possible that the new one will do the same thing in the future?

what do you think caused the neutral wire to get burned?

I'm chasing a mess seem outlet works then it goes off like the breaker tripped but it didn't so if I unplug it and plug it back in it works.

It's always something simple

The problem is the system was series wired AKA daisy chained. Good electrical workers parallel.

Hey Skid quick question my dishwasher has not been working then all of a sudden we had a quick power outage and then it starts working again...any ideas what it can be...this is the 2nd time it has happened...

Did you cut the burnt wires or did you just put them on a new outlet 😅

Skidster what it do? U put out any new music lately?

but what if its not just the outlets i have only my two back rooms without power even the ceiling lights....

How much is the charge for this fix, any idea?

Did he crop dust the room at the beginning?

Why not get a hot stick to find out which outlet does or does not have power?

Ok but all my outlets in the bathrooms on 3 levels stopped working this won’t work for me. I would have to look at all outlets in the house. The breaker is good.

This seemed quite easy but I am SO AFRAID TO DO THIS! I plugged a lamp in the socket and it shot it Sparks. My bedroom is right next to it and my light went out. However, the socket in the same room where my computer is plugged in still works.🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

You found the symptom, but you didn't find the root cause...what caused the outlet to burn? Off the top of my head, I would say a loose connection creating high resistance and heating up, but you didn't say in the video if it appeared loose, only that it was burnt.

Probably should have cut back that burnt wire and got to clean copper.

I hear 20 amps are less likely to burn. Especially with space heaters.