I'd start at the working receptacle just before the bad one. Check the
connections in that box. The neutral leaving the good receptacle and going
to the bad receptacle may have broke free and contacted the hot. 0 volts
between hot and neutral tells me they are touching somewhere(both hot and
neutral are at the same 120 volt potential therefore 0 volt reading) AND the
neutral is open. Otherwise you should have tripped the breaker.
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Hi all,
One of my wall receptacles suddenly stopped working this morning. I
tested the bad one with voltmeter and found out that there were 120 VAC
between hot and ground, 0 VAC between hot and neutral, and 120 VAC
between neutral and ground. I live in North America and the normal
reading between hot and neutral should be 120 VAC. I removed the
receptacle and tested again on the wires directly and got the same
result. I also tested other receptacles connecting to the same breaker
but they were working. Worring there might be a short circuit, I shut
off the breaker and call the electrician.

Does anyone have the same problem like this before?
Did the neutral wire become hot, or did the hot and ground got
reversed?