I was charging my electric golf cart off the GFCI on the side of the house. It tripped and would not reset. I found out I had a bad cord that was shorting it self out. This is were the puzzle begins.
I pulled the receptacle from the wall and this is how it was wired.
- Two white wires pig tailed together; one of the white wires had black magic marker on it. These both ran to the brass screw on the outlet.
- Two black wires pig tailed together wired to the silver screw
- The ground wire was hooked up correctly to the green screw but also marked with black magic marker.
The receptacle had started to melt. I now have no power from that receptacle onward to the rest of the receptacles, the overhead light or fan which is controlled by a three way switch does not work either. The wires at the switch do not use a 3 wire cable as a feeder, they use black and white wires.
I do not now know what to do to correct the problem that this presents.
Best Answer
Wait, you have white wires on the brass screws and black on the silver screws? Are you sure this is correct because black "hot" should be on the brass screw and white neutral should be on the silver screws. I did purchase a home in Ohio that was wired backwards 100% but I would be checking the wiring, did you check the circuit breaker? A short hot to neutral won't trip a GFCI, but will trip the breaker.