In this video I’m showing how to fix a open ground neutral in an outlet. I am not an electrician. This video is for educational purpose only. ALWAYS consult an electrician before doing any electrical work. Thank you
You should have mounted the adapter with the cover plate mounting screw through the metal tab on the bottom of the adapter. That should show that there's ground. Open neutral was apparently the problem, probably because of a bad receptacle or bad neutral connection. The receptacle was backstabbed, which is notorious for contact problems
QUESTION: i am using a Klein tool voltage detector and GFCI tester RT250 when measuring GFCI, when it is not tripped i have correct reading all is good (good ground good voltage 110v) but when i trip it i see a open ground reading and 30v why is that? I have everything wired correctly, where it says line i have 110v and where it says load i have the load. I have the ground properly attached. when i use my multimeter fluke i have 0.12mV so it is less than one 1volt
I am getting an open neutral on an outlet...others on same chain are fine. I swapped it and its the same issue. I check and wires are fine. Possible fault?
I have the same tester… I have a question though, how is it reading correct with no ground connected? I have an apartment full of 3 prong outlets with no ground and the tester fails on all of them with OPEN GRD.
@@tinfoilgloves The box that's in the back is grounded. When this house was build they grounded the metal boxes. We don't see it because it is behind the box.
A bad receptacle is probably the problem. If it is don't take it out hot with no equipment ground on it. I had an end of the line circuit completely dead one time. Couldn't figure it out for the life of me. I finally found the hot wire was stripped and ended in pots and pans cabinet. The hot wire was touching steel and cast iron pans. I moved the wire and the whole circuit became hot again.
2 prong outlets are not grounded. They don't have the third prong. You need to wire from the panel with a ground and replace with a grounded/3 prong outlet
Many homes of this era had grounded receptacle boxes. These boxes have a ground wire back to the service panel. If you use a receptacle with a grounding chassis like he did, as soon as he screwed the receptacle into the box he established ground. That's why the tester showed the correct wiring. He could've also used a ground pigtail screwed into the box from the receptacle. This receptacle is properly grounded and it's acceptable by code.
Why did your tester give you the “green” good to go but not show that an equipment ground is missing plus you installed a grounded receptacle where no equipment ground is present? Pro Tip… you can use a GFCI receptacle as a 3 prong device replacement, just use the [ no equipment ground] sticker that comes in the box.
It looks like there was paint that got in to the outlet. Like someone just took off the face plate and just painted over the outlet disrupting it from working is my guess. Yet just thinking.
so i was brought to this problem from a issue i thought i had with my guitar. turns out every outlet in my mobile home/trailer comes up as open neutral i am completely lost with anything electrical related could somebody explain. do i have to change every outlet ? cause some were changed within the last 5 years or sooner. is it some sort of wire problem. is there no ground at all ?
Just NO! There is still a missing ground!! Cheapest way is to replace with a GFI outlet. Use a update outlet tester it will give you a open ground.. not that it just has power ,a
