On Nov 4, 1:34 pm, dpb wrote:
brian wrote:

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Yes, these outlets have never worked since house was built in 1974.

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So, it's time to quit measuring and start fixing...

Cut these off at the breaker and check. I'm thinking it's possible
there was a mis-wiring originally where the two hots of two circuits got
crossed to the neutral of an extension -- or, somebody added on and got
the wrong one.

It's possible you'll find it takes two breakers to "kill" both hot wires
if I'm right...

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I am thinking there was a mis-wiring myself when the house was built
in 1974.

In tracing down what the breaker (15 Amp) serves, I found what seemed
to me as a long run off of this one breaker.

It supplies: (at least) 2 ceiling outlets in a storage room, a ceiling
outlet in a closet, one hall outlet, 2 ceiling outlets in a hallway, 3
wall outlets in one bedroom, a ceiling outlet in another closet,
vanity lighting outlet in a bath (maybe a wall outlet and a small in-
wall electric radiant heater w/fan, maybe ceiling exhaust fan in the
bath too), one other wall outlet in kitchen. These rooms are adjacent
but cover a lot of turf.

I was wondering if these two non functioning outlets might indeed be
connected somehow to two circuits. I still haven't even opened an
outlet yet. When I shut off the one known breaker to the two bad
outlets (non-functioning) it seems to have killed the juice as no lamp
was lit on the test lamp.

Makes me think it would be nice if after the wiring was run in a
house, before drywall hung, photos (or now a video) of every wall
would be taken. It would sure be convenient to aid following the
wiring.... I know, I'm dreamin'.