Recent content by nynydp

can you elaborate? what is missing?

Very strange. Not really acting like a switch to turn power on, the outlet that is receiving the signal already had power and is wired correctly at the outlet and the breaker assigned to that outlet only turns that outlet off as it is stand alone. I checked the outlets again all wires are...

yes i think you are correct - just gonna be a pain to figure out the why and the problem is I never touched the outlet the toaster oven is connected to other than to unplug it and plug it back in.....

yes the printer works fine with the toaster oven unplugged, it all works fine with everything plugged in except when toaster oven is plugged in after something is plugged in the single outlet which is on a separate breaker - I checked the wires on the outlet and they are snug - I will check the...

yes it is crazy - but the toaster oven and the printer have always been there in the respective outlets it was only just since I changed the outlet and plugged it in, it is entirely possible that this problem was there for years and it just that I unplugged the toaster oven and plugged it in...

the receptacle always had power I just changed it - all outlets are in the same room (the kitchen) the outlets are connected to separate breakers in the panel

no other outlets went dead - they all work fine it is just when I plug the toaster oven in somehow it sends a signal to that one outlet and it attempts to turn on whatever is plugged into it. I actually removed the printer and plugged in a window ac and the same thing happened I plugged in the...

3 prong - yes understood on the ground via the bx, to confirm the ground I removed the outlet fastening screws to the outlet box and pulled the outlet out slightly and I lost the ground

One other thing I wanted to add: This is 2 wire 12 gauge BX so there is no ground wire. The box is also very old probably from the early 70's.

Sorry no picture I tossed the old outlet I replaced and there was only single cable (1 black and 1 white wire) in each outlet.

Yes a I used a plug in tester and a standard electrical ac/dc corded tester and each showed proper voltage on all of the outlets and the plug in receptacle tester showed proper wiring on all outlets.

Question for the group. I replaced an outlet in my Aunt's kitchen as it of outlets was getting sloppy (lose) when inserting a plug and I noticed an odd thing after the install: There a 3 separate circuits controlled by 3 independent breakers in the kitchen - two outlets on one breaker, 1 outlet...