120v Between Hot And Ground

The house is so trashed and full of s t that i could only access a quarter of the outlets having this problem.

120v between hot and ground. I ve got 2 circuits in the house that are reading 120 on the hot and neutral to ground. The longer of the two slots is nuetral and the shorter one is hot right. Aug 5 2010 7 joed said. 120v to ground on hot and neutral.

I measure 120v between the source hot and ground and 120v when the switch is on between the hot lead and ground. And when a load is applied to hot and ground the gfci does trip. The black wire is the hot wire which provides a 120 vac current source. Not getting 120 volts from hot to neutral but 120 from hot to ground hello all i m not getting 120 volts across a hot wire black to a neutral wire white.

I have a couple of dead outlets plug in a. Between the two live wires we have 240 volts. 120 volts is between the hot live wire s and the neutral wire. I do get 120 volts across the hot wire to a ground wire.

It is not recommended that this procedure is performed unless you understand what you are doing because getting in the middle of any live circuit can cause an electrical shock which could be fatal. Joined aug 4 2010 messages 15 reaction score 0. 4 if all the branch. Actually i was thinking hot but wrote neutral.

It reads 0 between between neutral and ground. Also i couldn t have had a 120v potential between the hot and the ground if this were the case. 120volts measured on the neutral confirms that indication. A 120 volt reading will be noticed if voltage tester leads are placed between either two hot wires or two neutral wire when the circuit is on and under load.

Hot ground reverse is the indication of an open neutral. This may seem like a stupid question but i want to be sure. 1 no voltage reading between the hot and the neutral or ground indicates an open hot. With or without the light i get 90v between the hot to neutral.

When the neutral is disconnected 240 volts remain which is too much for a 120 volt appliance. I mixed up between the two so yes it is 120v between hot and neutral and 120v between hot and ground. In the garage the outlets read out 120v and everything connected to them seem fine work. 3 no continuity between the neutral and ground check for tripped gfci device first.

What s typically a quick job turned ugly last night. The neutral wire is connected to an earth ground. I originally replace my old garbage disposal to one that s more powerful. 2 no reading between the hot and the neutral but 120v between the hot and ground and 120v between the neutral and ground indicates an open neutral.

Electrical ac dc no voltage hot to neutral but 120v hot to ground. In the light box with the light disconnected i get 19v from neutral to ground.