Hello.
Plugged my circular saw in the outlet; cut a piece of wood... fine. Did it again for a second piece of wood... fine. The saw did not work for a third cut. No power. No bangs, no sparks.
Inspecting, no circuit breakers tripped. The outlet for the saw presented 'live' on both the black and the white (neutral) slots. (live of same phase) No neutral presence. So no 120VAC at the outlet. Digging deeper, have not found yet what happened. Two other rooms that were not in use lost power in the house.
There is nothing abused, wet, old, corroded, no history of faults, has been a healthy electrical system until today.
Found a neutral (white) wire bundle in a wall light switch box being 'live', probably a branch of the failed outlet. Lights did not turn on as both live and neutral wires had the same 'live' phase. Will continue to diagnose painfully guess-tracking the wiring inside walls, scratching my head. Never seen this.
Plugged my circular saw in the outlet; cut a piece of wood... fine. Did it again for a second piece of wood... fine. The saw did not work for a third cut. No power. No bangs, no sparks.
Inspecting, no circuit breakers tripped. The outlet for the saw presented 'live' on both the black and the white (neutral) slots. (live of same phase) No neutral presence. So no 120VAC at the outlet. Digging deeper, have not found yet what happened. Two other rooms that were not in use lost power in the house.
There is nothing abused, wet, old, corroded, no history of faults, has been a healthy electrical system until today.
Found a neutral (white) wire bundle in a wall light switch box being 'live', probably a branch of the failed outlet. Lights did not turn on as both live and neutral wires had the same 'live' phase. Will continue to diagnose painfully guess-tracking the wiring inside walls, scratching my head. Never seen this.