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About J Cook
Expertise
General electrical wiring, including but not limited to, residential, panelboards, control wiring, low voltage wiring, Heating and A/C control wiring, single and three phase wiring.

Experience
I have been doing electrical since high school. I have been licensed by the State of North Carolina for ten years and am currently the Building Maintenance Superintendent for a municipality. I have extensive control wiring experience.

Organizations
Refrigeration Service Engineers Society.

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Electrical Wiring in the Home - nutral wires hot

Expert: J Cook - 11/10/2009

Question
Plugged in a lamp blew the bulb, knocked out outlets and lights on circuit. Took the outlet out looks ok found wire and panel wires look tight my beeper tester makes noise on both sides of outlet where should i start?

Answer
There is either a damaged device on the circuit, or the wiring itself. I would start at the breaker and follow each device on the circuit. You can pull out each receptacle and remove the wiring feeding downstream until you locate the faulty device or section of wiring. Thanks

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