I tested all the breakers with a multi meter / all tested good - lights and outlets not working / not getting power - any ideas to try
The TS tells us that they checked all of the breakers. Unfortunately I am not sure what that means in this situation. I have also seen open wire-nut connections. I made $50 for giving a loose wire nut one twist one time, it fixed a problem that had an electrician stumped for two days. I have seen several instances where that little strip that connects the two outlets has broken on one side, leaving a portion of the place powerless.I have seen breakers that appear to be on but you have to manually flick it OFF and ON again to make it connect.
An AC professional was stuck for a week after installing an water to air heat pump that he could not get to work. He asked for my help. I could not get caught helping because I had a nanosecond time watcher as a boss at the time. As it turned out, we had some re-modeling done at work and the contractors scraped the thermostat wires to the heat pumps in the metal studs. No sleeves were used.that had an electrician stumped for two days.
How, exactly, did you test them with a multimeter? Where did you connect the probes? What was the meter set to? What did the meter read?I tested all the breakers with a multi meter / all tested good - lights and outlets not working / not getting power - any ideas to try
I have seen this before where all circuits show no power.I tested all the breakers with a multi meter / all tested good - lights and outlets not working / not getting power - any ideas to try
Monster peeve here... that " little strip" is not allowed to be used thus. The receptacle is to be connected with a pigtail, so that its failure doesn't affect downstream devicesI have seen several instances where that little strip that connects the two outlets has broken on one side, leaving a portion of the place powerless.
Another monster peeve, is that Ideal stopped making term-a-nuts: https://www.tequipment.net/Ideal30-3180.asp They were in white, black and green with and without a spade terminal. I loved them for doing the "pigtails".Monster peeve here... that " little strip" is not allowed to be used thus. The receptacle is to be connected with a pigtail, so that its failure doesn't affect downstream devices
That wasn't my problem.I would only ever use tape around a device when working it hot, and having a crowded box that was small. That is about 5% of them that I have to deal with. and with using a pigtail it should be quite easy to get the outlet back into the box with no sparking.