It was a 20amp outlet and i connected it appropriately using the back holes instead of screws to attach the wires.
Kitchen outlet does not work. Why a kitchen outlet is not working electrical outlets question. A bad connection or a tripped breaker. When a wall outlet doesn t work there are two possible reasons. I ve checked for power with a voltage tester.
When an outlet goes dead it s easy to jump to conclusions and assume the worst but more often than not the problem is something simple and you can save the cost of a service call just by taking a few steps to trace the cause. The breakers for all the kitchen outlets have not tripped but i tried resetting them anyway. An outlet that was set up with backstabbed wiring. I believe that all 4 outlets are all connected to one circuit so why would every 2nd outlet be dead.
I suspect your third outlet is on a different circuit. And just do it is said when i do work on electrical in. Moreso all kitchen countertop receptacles must be on gfci protection. I have a bank circuit.
The one circuit you discuss between outlets 1 and 2 would not suffice. Of outlets in the kitchen that have stopped working. When i plugged my cell phone charger into a kitchen outlet my phone didn t start charging as it normally does rather it seemed that this one electrical outlet was not working. I took the outlets apart and tested to see if the outlets themselves were bad or if they weren t getting power.
For example you may have one of the following. It s time for a gfci hunt. Since this dead receptacle does not have its own gfci i suspect it is downline of a gfci device somewhere else. There is power in the wall leading to the outlet yet no power on the actual wire.
The bad connection is usually in the outlet. One of these outlets is a gfci but it is not tripped. 970 599 1872 lost power in a kitchen or any area of your home can be caused by a breaker. Usually an outlet won t work properly because there is a wiring issue but there are four other common reasons for only half of an electrical outlet working.
Our kitchen has 4 outlets each 2nd outlet has stopped working. What would cause a wall outlet to not work. Outlet failure is a common problem homeowners face.