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Posted by RBM on June 28, 2006, 8:35 pm
Yes, it would appear as a hot on both wires, but it is actually a backfed
hot wire from something else on the circuit. If you momentarily bridged a
wire from the white wire to the ground, you would see the lights come back
on. Only do this as a test
> Thanks for the response. Would a loose wire cause the neutral to be
> hot?
> RBM (remove this) wrote:
>> You have an open neutral, the white wire. It has most likely come loose
>> in a
>> back stabbed outlet in that room or an adjacent room. Plug in a lamp with
>> the switch "on" and tap on all the dead outlets and any live outlets in
>> the
>> vicinity. If you tap on one and the light flickers or comes on, look in
>> that
>> outlet for loose connections
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >A pig tail tester shows that I have two hot wires in each of the
>> > outlets in one room. House new 23 years ago and no problems until the
>> > other day. A few days ago plugging iron into outlet cause all on
>> > circuit to loose power. Breaker didn't flip. I replaced breaker and
>> > outlet. Iron works fine in other outlet on other circuit. Twelve
>> > hours or so after loosing power, with breaker on lights returned.
>> > Plugged iron in and lost power again without breaker flipping to off.
>> > 2nd test of outlet with pig tail tester again showed two hot wires.
>> > Iron works fine elsewhere. Any thoughts appreciated. Room has
>> > outlets, ceiling fan, and a switch to one of the plugs. I didn't test
>> > the switch. Thanks again.
>> >
>
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