[Maritime Q-Scout]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

I'd pull the plug out and see if the box has power first.

Fair advice, I haven't checked. I get the feeling that it doesn't.

Originally Posted by Fuzz

If not, see if all your breakers are on.

They are on.

Originally Posted by Fuzz

If they are, see if a circuit nearby on the inside is working.

The inside outlets are working. There used to be an electric stove in the basement (that was in a room that isn't by the outside outlet), we took the stove out and used the space in the breaker panel for something else, what I don't remember, it was done by our contractor when we bought the house. I mean I suppose it's possible it was on that circuit even though it would be nonsensical.

Originally Posted by Fuzz

If you have an outlet inside very near the outside one, you could pull that and see if wires look to lead from there outside.

Interesting. I don't know if that would necessarily work but I'll try it tomorrow.

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Remember to always confirm power is off before pulling outlets out, then turn power on to test for current. If you don't have a no contact tester, go buy one first.

But... then how will I get superpowers?

Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14

This is all good advice, one question for you though, are all of your outside plugs GFCI plugs or regular house ones?

Sometimes electricians will install a GFCI dead front in the basement next to the panel. The dead front looks exactly like a gfci plug except it doesn't have any plugs.

I assumed that it was the plug, and grabbed some GFCI plugs on sale. I replaced the plug assuming that was the problem, so it's a new GFCI plug that's there now. The old one was GFCI as well, as were the others.


Thanks for all the input. I'd like to get it working, if for nothing else it would make putting up the Christmas lights a bit easier as it's in the best place for extension cords.