Electrician Troubleshoot Bathroom & Bedroom Outlets Not Working

This Client had outlets in the Bedroom & Bathroom that were not working. We go over a few methods of electrical troubleshooting to find the issue.

[crowmac]

I Stumbled across this video and want to let you know I enjoyed it very much. Thank You for posting, being thorough, and showing everyone how difficult it can be troubleshooting something that you know is going to be a simple fix once you find the problem. The difficult part is the hunt and tracing the route of the wire…you always start with what you think is the simplest solution first and then go from there. I’ve been an electrician for over 20 years and always try to avoid the attic or crawl spaces…unfortunately sometimes it can’t be avoided. But as your video showed once you identified the wire path you knew exactly where to go and as soon as you came down the ladder and seen the switch you knew…and I know exactly how you felt in that moment. So again kudos to you for showing how time consuming it can be. I’ll definitely subscribe and check out some of your other videos. Take care and Thanks Again!

[joeyAPB]

As a young man coming out of trade school into the field i truly relax watching videos like this. It feels like im cheating compared to electricians who came before me

[sparkyscoins]

Thanks for sharing the real day to day struggles of a good service electrician! I was giggling throughout the video because... been there done that!! The old cliche...it's always the last place you look. Thinking to one outlet in the bedroom and half the bathroom isn't wired off a switch leg, nobody would do that. It's wired like a normal person would wire it! Gotta love homeowner specials! Be thankful that attic wasn't here in Montana... you would have 3 feet of blown in insulation to blind you from seeing those wires! Great job sticking with it and finding the issue.

[jake]

Looks like a homeowner special! They say they didn’t touch it but it’s always the case. GFIs are wired backwards hooks backwards the whole 9 yards. Thank you for the video I love troubleshooting it really stretches your mind

[mattb]

Thanks for not editing out anything you're having issues with. Very helpful

[mikejohnson]

Please keep making trouble shooting videos. You are a master at your craft. And many of us need to learn from your experience. Thank you.

[MichaelSmith-fini]

I used to work as a cable technician (contractor for Comcast) and you took me back to the service call days 😂, tracing live and dead TV and phone cables and fishing new ones through the walls... good job!

[jeffster]

I can add a few TIPS for outlets NOT WORKING: 1) Make sure you don't have a GFIC outlet between your dead outlet, and your breaker box! Happened to me in garage, could not find the outlet with the GFCI had tripped. 2) Make sure the breaker for the circuit is OFF every time (this video does not check all outlets after turning off breaker, one could still be hot!). 3) GET A TONE GENERATOR that plugs into the dead outlet ($15 Harbor Freight). Follow the tone thru the wall with the wireless signal receiver, and walk the wire thru the wall until you find where it is going inside the wall. This will show you several things: A) where power is coming from and how it reaches the outlet from the fusebox. B) Where power is going to after it reaches the dead outlet, if anywhere. C) It will take you to the source of power, and thus the source of your problem. This is a much more simple way to test continuity. When a signal is no longer found, you are close to your break in continuity.

[JillofAllTrades]

I'm about to head up into the attic to do some troubleshooting, that's how I ended up watching your video. Too many hacks, I mean hands, in the mix. It's a ROYAL MESS. Thanks very much for the great work!

[taylerjohnson]

This made my day!! Such a detailed and informative video! I was able to troubleshoot the source of 3 inoperable receptacles because of this. Thank you!

[Eddy]

Troubleshooting is an art and you are an artist ... Thx for letting us crawl in the attic with you ...

[johnnynewburgh]

Great video I just experienced a similiar issue a month ago. 2 recepticles not working on a branch circuit . I had known 1 of them was on the bathroom circuit with gfci because in past when gfci tripped no power to outlet. The one outlet not working only had 1 wire coming in so i knew it was end of circuit then bathroom with gfci had to be start of circuit. So from there traced power and found outside outlet on deck was on ciruit. Ended up being push in connection on that outlet corroded and loose not making connection feeding 2 outlets with no power. I used a wire tracer tracking down the lines it helped out alot and it was interesting and I learned quite a bit

[nalbantlamb]

Loved how genuine this video is, troubleshooting is excellent. Thank you.

[dubled]

Wow man, you are a hard working dude! I really relate to the 'never quit' mindset you operate with. Conditions maybe could have been worse, but not by much. I hope people can find this video as it was informative, but actually really entertaining. I found myself routing for you to succeed! Please keep making videos!!

[ltwadley]

Great video. I loved the POV perspective. It felt like I was working alongside with you and you were my JW teaching me. You just earned yourself a new subscriber. I look forward to more of your videos.

[TERRIREAL]

Man! I love your drive and passion for what you do

[rexconway]

I just found your you tube videos, me and my wife are going crazy we have a breaker that won't reset, I've done each outlet by taking all the wires off and testing the breaker with no success, I have watched your videos over and over, you are an artist, if you have any suggestions I would really appreciate it, have a great day.

[xajabz]

I love this man thank you so much every other video is just a vlog or talking hypothetically this is amazing one by one explaining your thinking process thanks again

[jayvalentin]

A year late but 10:20 is literally me when I am diagnosing electrical issues on cars (I just transferred over to electrician) luckily the owner wasn’t there for you but when they were for me, They give u like that look like….. “this mf does not know what he’s doing” or the “you sure u got this look?” 😂 and u feel so pressured cause dawg….. THAT SHIT SHOULDA WORKED ! But the clients just don’t understand. (I do mobile mechanic work which is why sometimes they are there) Such a relatable moment that is probably overlooked lol and the response “okay….hmm” and u just stare at it going thru ideas in your head 😂😂 what a great video

[WiliamBennettwildarbennett]

I too recently had this headache in an 1980's dbl wide mobile home took me better part of a hour to determine that a neutral wire was broken off at a receptacle. When you probed it 120 v but plugged anything in and noting and it was the common feom the breaker so it would work whenever it wanted to.😂
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