Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The plug tester read correct, but as I screwed it down it would switch from reading correct to Hot/Ground reversed. I took it back out, double checked to make sure this was not the case.
3: Hot Neutral Reversed. This happens when the hot and neutral conductors/wires are terminated in reverse order at an outlet, one of many on a lighting circuit cable, or upstream from the tested Hot Neutral Reversed receptacle. Or, hot neutral reversed bootleg, RPBG (Reverse Polarity Bootleg Ground) if your using a Three Bulb/Light Tester.
1] No voltage reading between the hot and the neutral or ground indicates an open hot. 2] No reading between the hot and the neutral but 120V between the hot and ground and 120V between the neutral and ground indicates an open neutral. 4] If all the branch circuit breaker are on you have a bad connection on the hot or neutral wires.
Atlanta,GA. Aug 4, 2018. #8. 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.
When I inserted my plug tester it read "Hot and Ground reversed". I freed the outlet from the box and tested between the wires (mind you ground is bare): Hot & Ground - 0V; Hot & Neutral - 0V; Ground and Neutral - 120 V. The customer insisted it was a bad GFCI and of course he was standing over my shoulder.
Hot-Ground Reverse on Three-Light Tester - Morgan Inspection Services. One of the few common light configurations on a three-light tester is one that is labeled as a “Hot-Ground Reverse.” This is a very rare situation..
IMHO the 'hot ground reverse' is a red herring. As others have said this is most likely a neutral connection open somewhere. The receptacle testers _do not_ detect 'hot-ground reverse'. Instead they have 3 neon bulbs connected to the 3 terminals of the tester, and a little table that _suggests_ the meanings for various combinations of lights.
The reading of 1-3V would indicate that have a couple of neutrals running around instead of a hot and a neutral. You must ensure that when you hook from one receptacle to the next, all the blacks are on one side - see the two screws in the picture and the neutrals loop in and out of the other side. Check them all again.
rmayo (Randy Mayo, P.E.) April 17, 2021, 1:51am 11. Light switches break the hot (black) circuit wire, reverse polarity will send the hot up to the light through the neutral (white) wire. The light will go off with the switch, but when the DIY homeowner tries to disconnect the light the white wire is still hot.
Some difference or asymmetry in the GFCI circuitry between the hot and neutral sides is necessary because of the need to detect and trip on neutral-to-ground faults as specified in UL 943. For example the neutral is the ground reference for the IC and peripheral circuitry of the GFCI implementation shown in Fig. 3 of the following document for ...