Re: OT, electrical ? some wood content

It sounds like the Neutral (white) wire is open. Your volt meter is seeing
voltage, but doesn't load the circuit. Any leakage due to dampness, etc.
will provide enough return path for the meter to get a reading. Try checking
the voltage between the black (hot) lead and the green (ground) lead. If the
green wire isn't also broken you should also get 121.6. Instead of a meter
try using a 40 watt or larger light bulb to take your readings. Since the
light bulb draws current and the meter doesn't it will only light if you
truely have a good circuit. In this type of situation a voltmeter can fool
you.

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Charley

"Shopdog" <lookout@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Ok, Heres the situation, our front lamp post is out along with garden
lights
(hard wired). Found a problem the electrical outlet had been planted
(literally) so it was full of rust and moist dirt. Ok, I removed the bad
outlet replaced it with a weatherproof one mounted off the ground. got
121.6
v at the outlet. I put in NEW bulbs in the lamp post (MADE FROM WOOD) and
nothing. I check
voltage at the post 121.6 put another bulb in nothing, I go back to the
outlet and check voltage, this time its 91.3. I unscrew the bulb and the
voltage goes back to 121.6v. OK, I removed the lamp post head, nothing
wrong
up in there, but I cleaned it out and put it back. Still getting 121.6, so
I
decided to check the outlet out in a different way, I plugged in my
trouble
light and nothing the voltage dropped to 86.3. Unplug the light voltage
back
to 121.6.
I'm stuck!

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