Do you remember the Aesops fable of the man, the boy and the donkey?
It applies, here.

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Christopher A. Young
You can't shout down a troll.
You have to starve them.
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"Geoff" wrote in message
ups.com...
I will check what the circuit reads when having something plugged into
it...

G

Check the voltages at your other outlets. If they read other than
120V,
you might have an open neutral, with other appliances on the
circuit acting as a voltage divider to create a virtual ground.If
the OP is using a digital meter, this might also be a completely
dead circuit with an induced voltage on it that will go away if,
say, a
lamp is plugged in (which might be a worthwhile test.)

nate