Housing Electrical help

[Sparky]

Agreed. Which is why I am laughing. I just keep hoping someone will post up a solution that does not involve me climbing into the attic and digging through the insulation. I do not like crawling around in blown in insulation. But I am reasonably certain it is that or hire someone.

I wouldn't want to climb in the attic either. I would open all devices in that circuit first.

[tmleadr03]

I wouldn't want to climb in the attic either. I would open all devices in that circuit first.

The light switch controls the overhead light in the garage. Power feed comes from the crawl space (guessing here, cars have wiring diagrams houses do not damn it). I have checked the outlets in the kitchen and they are all working. I supposed I should check the three rooms closest to the garage before hitting up the attic. My master bed and bathroom and living room as well.

[Sparky]

The light switch controls the overhead light in the garage. Power feed comes from the crawl space (guessing here, cars have wiring diagrams houses do not damn it). I have checked the outlets in the kitchen and they are all working. I supposed I should check the three rooms closest to the garage before hitting up the attic. My master bed and bathroom and living room as well.

One other thing you can check before doing the attic crawl. Open the panel and test the breaker.

[Danceswithwires]

Check for continuety between the ground and neutral, if you have it that shows the neutral is likely intact. You should not have to go into the attic unless there is a j box up there which has a failed splice in it, when was the house built? Did you look in the garage, bathroom, unfinished basement, and outside outlets for a tripped gfi as stated earlier? The 1.something voltage you see is likely a phantom reading and meaningless.

[tmleadr03]

One other thing you can check before doing the attic crawl. Open the panel and test the breaker.

I flipped every single breaker I have. Not just eyeballed, but turned off and turned back on to make sure none were just a little popped. Insert sad smilie here.

[Sparky]

I flipped every single breaker I have. Not just eyeballed, but turned off and turned back on to make sure none were just a little popped. Insert sad smilie here.

Any outside GFCI? And by test breaker I mean open panel and check voltage leaving breaker.

[68Charger]

One other thing you can check before doing the attic crawl. Open the panel and test the breaker.

This- you started at one end, and don't want to go to the middle because it sucks...
so try starting from the other end- but you'll have to know which breaker it is (or test them all)

If it's not the 1st stop after the breaker, it could be a junction in another outlet box. Highly unlikely it's in the attic/crawlspace- rodents will chew wire insulation, but they're not so fond of copper... is there a GFCI outlet in the chain (I've got an outlet or 2 in the garage that are daisy-chained after a GFCI in the laundry/utility room)

[tmleadr03]

Any outside GFCI? And by test breaker I mean open panel and check voltage leaving breaker.

Ah, no I did not do that. No idea about outside GFCI.

[hobowh]

Remember it is probably not on its own circuit the gfci may be in the bathroom or elsewhere

[tmleadr03]

Thank you everyone, GFI in the Master Bath was popped. Everything all better now and no crawling in the attic. Thank you everyone!