Hot ground reverse .

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I recently had a failed inspection,
There is a bedroom that shows hot/ground reversed on every outlet. It also shows this in the hallway for 2 outlets . And the bathroom vanity lights and fan do not work .
In the bedroom the SCR is where the circuit starts. I took the wires off the single pole for the SCR. And all the outlets now show correct.
But the outlet in the hallway outside of the bathroom still shows hot/ground reverse and the vanity lights and fan still don’t work . When the switch is connected it shows 45v neutral to ground.
 
J.roth0864@brightwood.edu said:
I recently had a failed inspection,
There is a bedroom that shows hot/ground reversed on every outlet. It also shows this in the hallway for 2 outlets . And the bathroom vanity lights and fan do not work .
In the bedroom the SCR is where the circuit starts. I took the wires off the single pole for the SCR. And all the outlets now show correct.
But the outlet in the hallway outside of the bathroom still shows hot/ground reverse and the vanity lights and fan still don’t work . When the switch is connected it shows 45v neutral to ground.
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Bit of advice. You really should check out your wiring before calling for an inspection. It makes you look bad for an inspector to find this sort of thing. The same plug in testers the inspectors will use are really cheap and easy to use.

You need to learn to troubleshoot ( at least your own mistakes). Start at the beginning of the circuit and make sure the wiring is straight in each junction box. You say the outlets in the hall are still reversed, ask yourself, where they are fed from.
 
growler said:
Bit of advice. You really should check out your wiring before calling for an inspection. It makes you look bad for an inspector to find this sort of thing. The same plug in testers the inspectors will use are really cheap and easy to use.

You need to learn to troubleshoot ( at least your own mistakes). Start at the beginning of the circuit and make sure the wiring is straight in each junction box. You say the outlets in the hall are still reversed, ask yourself, where they are fed from.
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Agree.
 
It is a single pole switch . The feed for the bedroom circuit Starts at the switch controlled receptacle . From there goes to the single pole switch and has the switch leg going back to the top half of that receptacle . And from there is dasiy chained to the remaining receptacles in the room and one in the hallway.
 
growler said:
Bit of advice. You really should check out your wiring before calling for an inspection. It makes you look bad for an inspector to find this sort of thing. The same plug in testers the inspectors will use are really cheap and easy to use.

You need to learn to troubleshoot ( at least your own mistakes). Start at the beginning of the circuit and make sure the wiring is straight in each junction box. You say the outlets in the hall are still reversed, ask yourself, where they are fed from.
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I know , I keep on beating myself up over it . I gave my helper all day to plug check upstairs repeatedly.... every time he told me everything checked out . I should have know better :/
 
J.roth0864@brightwood.edu said:
I recently had a failed inspection,
There is a bedroom that shows hot/ground reversed on every outlet. It also shows this in the hallway for 2 outlets . And the bathroom vanity lights and fan do not work .
In the bedroom the SCR is where the circuit starts. I took the wires off the single pole for the SCR. And all the outlets now show correct.
But the outlet in the hallway outside of the bathroom still shows hot/ground reverse and the vanity lights and fan still don’t work . When the switch is connected it shows 45v neutral to ground.
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What are hot to neutral and hot to ground readings?

I'm in on neutral issue as well - but apparently isn't completely open neutral, otherwise should have been full 120 volts neutral to ground (with a connected load involved).

Something in circuit miswired and in series where it should have been paralleled? Maybe the bath lights/fan?
 
kwired said:
What are hot to neutral and hot to ground readings?

I'm in on neutral issue as well - but apparently isn't completely open neutral, otherwise should have been full 120 volts neutral to ground (with a connected load involved).

Something in circuit miswired and in series where it should have been paralleled? Maybe the bath lights/fan?
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Yeah, I am thinking a mixed up connection in a box or light also.
 
May I recommend using an extension cord plugged into a known-properly-wired receptacle (not GFCI protected) and a solenoid tester to check each circuit conductor against?
 
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The original post is unclear by using the word ground. What is ground in this case? EGC or neutral or outdoor earth?

Do what Larry Fine suggested, except I would use a high impedance meter, and if a load is needed use a 1500 W heater.

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