On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 14:30:09 -0700, wrote:

We have an outlet that we think we blew this afternoon plugging a
drill into it the power turned off. When we tried to reset the
breaker box everything turned back on but that outlet. We changed the
outlet. It registers that it has power, but it won't run anything.

Have you checked the voltage WITH the load connected?

It is like it does not have enough juice to run something. What
causes the power to decrease in an outlet to where it is there, but
now running?

Loose connection on an old outlet? The hot wire is close enough to
induce 120V when the circuit is very lightly loaded, but connecting
any significant load makes it go to 0.
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