Over multiple years (4+?), the outlets in our kitchen are dying. I have enough knowledge to swap out outlets and have done more extensive electrical work in theatre to begin to troubleshoot, but now things went weird....
L to R, we have:
1. a pair of dual non-gfci outlets, which I think are piggy-backed on:
2. one dual gfci outlet
3. a dual non-gfci outlet under sink for garbage disposal (thanks shitty subcontractors!)
4. a dual gfci near microwave, gas oven, etc.
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1 burnt out years ago. Didn't bother to fix it, as we had more outlets than needed. Ditto with 4.
2 finally went out this week so we assumed we needed to change out the outlets, due to a delightful (/snark) roach infestation, which is being managed.
So.....
flipped the breaker and swapped out some of the outlets and....
no outlets work.
We had temp put oven and micro on 3, and after cutting power to kitchen, they don't power on. dishwasher doesn't either. disposal is same.
outlets 2 and 4 after changing are getting enough load to power LED on the gfci outlets.
All the overhead lights in kitchen seem to be on same circuit and working perfectly.
Ultimately, my question is how can I fix the load issue w/o spending major money. The outlets are clearly getting power, but just won't power anything.
thanks, hive mind. please excuse typos, etc. typing with a busted finger. |
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