Housing Electrical help

[tmleadr03]

If only it ran on 12V I would be OK. The outlet and light in my garage are dead. This means I am running an extension cord to my garage door opener to get in and out. It is the suck. I pulled the plate off the switch and outlet and I see 1.2V on the wires. Or nothing. Considering this is a 120V system I think it is a bit low. What is my next step? I flipped all the breakers and that changed nothing.

Four wheels and 12V and I would be fine. This housing stuff? Bleech.

[Great-Kazoo]

If only it ran on 12V I would be OK. The outlet and light in my garage are dead. This means I am running an extension cord to my garage door opener to get in and out. It is the suck. I pulled the plate off the switch and outlet and I see 1.2V on the wires. Or nothing. Considering this is a 120V system I think it is a bit low. What is my next step? I flipped all the breakers and that changed nothing.

Four wheels and 12V and I would be fine. This housing stuff? Bleech.

Check the circuit breaker then do a reset. It may have tripped and not all the way to off as a lot do.
Regarding the 1.2V is your multimeter on the right setting?

[Sparky]

First thing is test hot to neutral. If you get nothing you dropped a neutral. Test hot to ground what do you get.

[Sparky]

Check the circuit breaker then do a reset. It may have tripped and not all the way to off as a lot do.
Regarding the 1.2V is your multimeter on the right setting?

Didn't think of this. 1.2V. Is your meter set right?

[Adawg38]

God, I probably can't be much help here either. 4 wheels and 12 volts myself. It's cheap just to try and replace the switch and or outlet from
Home Depot, but stay away from Bed Bath & Beyond unless you have time.
As for the low voltage reading I would think some wiring end somewhere has a shitty or dirty connection if the other 2 options don't help.

[Marlin]

Check and see if you have a gfci on the same circut. If you do, check and make sure it is on. and not tripped.

[Graves]

Check and see if you have a gfci on the same circut. If you do, check and make sure it is on. and not tripped.

This. I've seen the garages and bathrooms on the shared circuits.

[tmleadr03]

Didn't think of this. 1.2V. Is your meter set right?

Set to "Auto" and showing 1.2V. I will check again. Fluke 88V for referance. Hard to mess up settings on that one, part of why I bought it.

[DFBrews]

Set to "Auto" and showing 1.2V. I will check again. Fluke 88V for referance. Hard to mess up settings on that one, part of why I bought it.

meters AC and not DC right silly question especially as a fellow tech but you never know.

[xjtwo]

This. I've seen the garages and bathrooms on the shared circuits.

+1, check all the GFCI outlets in your garage.....