snooker1
Senior Member
1996 mobile home, all electrical outlets, switches and wire are original to the house.
The light in the laundry hallway stopped working so I did the checked the lightbulb and the fixture nothing, put a tester in the hot wire and neutral ground and nothing, then I put the tester on the hot and the ground and it tested correctly. I figured an open ground in the line. (light at the end of the run). This circuit runs the spare bedroom, bathroom and hall light. (4) lights and (5) outlets. I pulled each outlet and switch and found (1) neutral ground not connected, and (2) burnt outlets all in the bedroom. The breaker never tripped, and the breaker looked ok when I pulled it out, the outlets are original to the house, and I have found some with play in them when you plug something into them. The house was vacated about a month ago and nothing was plugged into any of these outlets, when the house was vacated the lights were all working.
I am stumped as what caused this and why the breaker did not trip.
My thought on fixing it is a new breaker, pull all new wire and replace the outlets, switches, and lights.
Any input from an electrician, or someone who knows electrical would be appreciated.
The light in the laundry hallway stopped working so I did the checked the lightbulb and the fixture nothing, put a tester in the hot wire and neutral ground and nothing, then I put the tester on the hot and the ground and it tested correctly. I figured an open ground in the line. (light at the end of the run). This circuit runs the spare bedroom, bathroom and hall light. (4) lights and (5) outlets. I pulled each outlet and switch and found (1) neutral ground not connected, and (2) burnt outlets all in the bedroom. The breaker never tripped, and the breaker looked ok when I pulled it out, the outlets are original to the house, and I have found some with play in them when you plug something into them. The house was vacated about a month ago and nothing was plugged into any of these outlets, when the house was vacated the lights were all working.
I am stumped as what caused this and why the breaker did not trip.
My thought on fixing it is a new breaker, pull all new wire and replace the outlets, switches, and lights.
Any input from an electrician, or someone who knows electrical would be appreciated.