Discovered a ground wire in my circuit breaker box was not connected to the ground bar. So I plugged one of those little testers into one of the affected outlets and that tool showed there was NOT an open ground, as I expected it would.
So then I thought, maybe the unconnected ground in the circuit breaker box was touching the side of the grounded circuit breaker box somewhere. so as a test, I ensured the bare ground wire was touching bothering, did the same test, and the tool still showed there was no open ground. How is this possible? i would think that even though the neutral is connected to the neutral bar (which is bonded to the ground bar), would that yield this result? i don't think so cus i had other older circuits that have no ground wire and the little tool on those circuits showed an open ground?
I am certain I was looking at the proper circuitry and outlet and that my tool is not broken.
So then I thought, maybe the unconnected ground in the circuit breaker box was touching the side of the grounded circuit breaker box somewhere. so as a test, I ensured the bare ground wire was touching bothering, did the same test, and the tool still showed there was no open ground. How is this possible? i would think that even though the neutral is connected to the neutral bar (which is bonded to the ground bar), would that yield this result? i don't think so cus i had other older circuits that have no ground wire and the little tool on those circuits showed an open ground?
I am certain I was looking at the proper circuitry and outlet and that my tool is not broken.