Recent content by 26modelt

alright guys i got it working...also the outlets on my front and back porch work also... the group of wire was wired in on the line connection and the line wire was wired in on the downstream side,,,so i just switched the wires around and bam ,,,it worked....thanks for ur help,,,saved me some...

i havent got around to tryin out the ideas,,workin shift work,,,but ill put the line wire on top and the downstream wires on bottom,,maybe this is the reason my outlets on the front and back porch dont work... and the outlet box is plastic not metal!!! thanks guys

when i bought the house is was not working,,,so i replaced it and wired it up exacly how it came out,,,but imma try these guys ideas and see if that helps,,i only have two plugs in my garage so this one will help out with building my cars and bikes instead of running extension chords,,and that...

ok thanks man,,,makes since now,,i will try this out,,u may have saved me a lot of money,,,

ok i just read ur post again,,i now understand it,,i pretty much just repeated what u said,,,i will try that,,,thanks for ur help

so ur saying that the bundle wire with 4 wires coming outta of it should be on top,,meaning 1 white on top and 1 black on the opposite side on top and then the set of wires with 2 coming out ,1 white on bottom and 1 black on the bottom ...yes i replaced the GFCI because it didnt work when i...

yes, it does

sorry about the crappy picture,,,heres a better one,,, i live in texas by the way

i made a drawing of how the outlet is hooked up,,maybe its hooked up wrong? idk,,couldnt get my buddy over yet the red things are wire nuts, the grey wire is really the white wire thanks for the help

well i just tried to plug something in to the outlet and it does not work...it did not trip the breaker nor the GFCI,,,but the light on the outlet is green...its a new GFCI also...i guess ill get my buddy over to look at it,,,just thought maybe u guys could point me in the right...

u are correct,,the outlet on my front porh doesnt work nor does the one on the back porch,,i have tried replacing these also but didnt work,,,they put interior outlets outside with no cover

i think it is because its two set of wires that go to the box,\\1 comes in and ties in with the outlet and then one goes out tied in with outlet

ya it has 1 on the wall and one up top for garage door opener,,,the breaker is in the garage also...ya it would be nice to have some bigger amped breakers in there,,i gotta run a damn extension chord to the washer for my welder...how much does it usually cost to add some higher amp breakers and...

well its new to me,,,it was built in 2003 and was a foreclosure

yes it still trips the breaker i think there are 6 wires