Last night we were experiencing some power glitches then around 1am it went out completely, but only part of the house. Thinking there could be a potential fire hazard somewhere, I stayed home today to trace the problem.
I have 3 outlets along an exterior wall that went out. My voltage tester indicates they have power, but barely register 5v. I found the first socket in front of these in the series that tests 120v and show 120 leading out of it towards the others. My thought is that somewhere in the wall between these two outlets there is a bad wire.
The old wire is pretty stiff and my past experience with pulling wire through old metal boxes was a huge pain.
In this current home I'm not trying to replace any drywall so wondering if there are any tricks to getting a new wire fed through without having direct access in the wall. If this is the only bad wire, I only have to run about 7ft.
Best Answer
It's significantly more likely that the first "working" outlet or the first "dead" outlet is bad, rather than the wire being bad. Outlets are inexpensive. Try replacing one or both of them first.