tracyballard
Member
One of my problems is that I have a couple of wall outlets that not only no longer work, they are blackened and look really burnt in one of the two sockets on each one. I'm planning on checking them with a tester this weekend to see if they still have electricity flowing in them and go from there. I assume that once I do that I will need to switch off the breaker that controls that outlet, pull out the box and check the wiring. My main question is - when this happens do you have to replace all the wiring all the way back to the panel and breaker, or is is possible that you just need to cut back some of the wire and make sure all the connections are tight and in the right place? If the breaker is off, can you work on that part of the panel, or does all the juice have to be shut off for the whole panel to work on any part of it? thanks in advance!