On Mar 9, 8:27?am, "T.J." wrote:
Hi
I have a problem that confuses me. I have 1 circuit going to a
junction box and in the junction box there is a line going down to 1
outlet which works fine, the there is another line coming from the
same junction box on the same circuit going down to another outlet.
The problem is the second outlet was working and somebody plugged
something in to the outlet and tripped the circuit breaker. They then
reset the circuit breaker and now the second outlet will not work
however the first outlet does work fine. What could be causing this?
Thanks

You may well need to replace receptacle. Turn off power at breaker,
_make sure_ it is off by testing at good outlet, then pull out bad
recep, check connections there and also at junction box. If you see
signs of overheating/ discoloration on recep, replace it. If you read
here for a while, you will see a lot of advice to use screw terminals
instead of the quick n easy but less reliable back stab connection
method.