Spent 6 hours hunting a ground fault on a new build in Austin

Had a brand new house last month where the breaker for the kitchen receptacles kept tripping. Spent 4 hours chasing my tail checking every outlet and junction box, everything looked clean. Finally pulled the island plug and found a loose screw had been pinching the ground wire against the box during install. That little oversight took me 6 hours total to find, on a job that should have been done in 2. Anyone else had a simple defect eat up an entire day like that?

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anna_fox727d ago

Ever check the ground screw on the island first thing?

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vera30826d ago

Well I figure if the ground screw hasn't wandered off by now, it's probably fine to leave it be until something actually sparks.