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Default low voltage at two outlets

On Aug 21, 7:54 pm, albee wrote:
Since I got such great help on my last problem...

This is actually for my neighbor. Since his house was built by the
same people, I gave him a heads-up about the backstabbed outlets.
Turns out he said his one bathroom and a patio outlet are only reading
70 volts. He doesn't know if they're on the same circuit or not. Any
thoughts? Thanks again!


connection going bad somwhere. id be looking for a bad wirenut
connection, sometimes a crimp corroeded and or loose screws on outlet.
should check voltage at breaker first, pull out devices in question
get reading directly from wires.
darn those backstabbed outlets!!