Bought a house that was built in 1925. All of the original electrical outlets are set horizontally into the baseboards, but there are a couple of new ones in the wall, more as it's done these days.
I got a cable modem WiFi gateway from Xfinity, and once I had connected the cable, plugged it into the new power outlet. Nothing! So, I moved it to one of the old outlets and it worked.
Then I got my outlet tester and found the new outlet has neutral and hot reversed.
So, would the router detect this and refuse to power up? Maybe the coax was grounded and some interaction with the power cord prevent powering up?
Would love to know.
Thanks,
jv
I got a cable modem WiFi gateway from Xfinity, and once I had connected the cable, plugged it into the new power outlet. Nothing! So, I moved it to one of the old outlets and it worked.
Then I got my outlet tester and found the new outlet has neutral and hot reversed.
So, would the router detect this and refuse to power up? Maybe the coax was grounded and some interaction with the power cord prevent powering up?
Would love to know.
Thanks,
jv