FieroAlex
Legacy Member
So I replaced 3 outlets today. They are all in the same room, in a row on the same wall.
I didn`t know which breaker it was that controlled the outlets as it wasn`t any of the breakers with a description so I shut off all the breakers without a description and it worked.
I put 3 brand new outlets in and turned on the breakers. I`ve replaced all of the other outlets in the house and never had an issue until these last 3 outlets.
When I turn on breaker X all of the outlets work. When I turn on breaker Y next to breaker X, breaker X shuts off. I`ve taken the outlets out and checked the wiring twice and it is still doing it.
Can I do anything else other than leaving breaker Y off so that X works?
Also, I noticed that the first outlet was wired a little differently, It had 6 wires instead of 5 or 3 (2 white, 2 black, a ground wire and it had 1 extra black wire that simply loops to both black wire connections. None of the other outlets had that extra loop so I tried removing it but it didn`t solve anything. Should I leave the loop?
I didn`t know which breaker it was that controlled the outlets as it wasn`t any of the breakers with a description so I shut off all the breakers without a description and it worked.
I put 3 brand new outlets in and turned on the breakers. I`ve replaced all of the other outlets in the house and never had an issue until these last 3 outlets.
When I turn on breaker X all of the outlets work. When I turn on breaker Y next to breaker X, breaker X shuts off. I`ve taken the outlets out and checked the wiring twice and it is still doing it.
Can I do anything else other than leaving breaker Y off so that X works?
Also, I noticed that the first outlet was wired a little differently, It had 6 wires instead of 5 or 3 (2 white, 2 black, a ground wire and it had 1 extra black wire that simply loops to both black wire connections. None of the other outlets had that extra loop so I tried removing it but it didn`t solve anything. Should I leave the loop?
