Hi folks--
You guys have been a great help as I move up the learning curve on this DIY electrical stuff. Here's my next dilemma with this older house. I have a 15A circuit that holds a couple receptacles and a two-pole switch. The cable for this circuit is the older two-wire (no ground) variety. When I was replacing the older receptacles and switches (which were painted over and very dirty) I noticed that one of the receptacles is dead. Even when there is power to the other receptacle, there is nothing on this other one. When I went to the two-pole switch, I noticed that there were four cables going into the box. Two of those four cables going into the switch box are also dead.
How do I deal with this? How are these cables dead when the other cables within this same circuit are fine?
You guys have been a great help as I move up the learning curve on this DIY electrical stuff. Here's my next dilemma with this older house. I have a 15A circuit that holds a couple receptacles and a two-pole switch. The cable for this circuit is the older two-wire (no ground) variety. When I was replacing the older receptacles and switches (which were painted over and very dirty) I noticed that one of the receptacles is dead. Even when there is power to the other receptacle, there is nothing on this other one. When I went to the two-pole switch, I noticed that there were four cables going into the box. Two of those four cables going into the switch box are also dead.
How do I deal with this? How are these cables dead when the other cables within this same circuit are fine?