Underneath my sink there is a quad outlet that my dishwasher and my disposal plug into. About two weeks ago my dishwasher stopped working and I unplugged it from one outlet and into another and it began working. Now it has stopped working all together. I think it’s an electrical issue, bcs when I plug the garbage disposal into on of the outlets, it automatically turns on. I have tried to flip the breaker on the panel and it did not seem to do anything. Anyone have this issue before?

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Posted by nolabuilder

Member since Jul 2016

70 posts

Posted on 9/24/20 at 6:52 am to TigerSaint1

It’s likely that two of those outlets are constantly hot and the other two are controlled by a switch. Just test all four to see which ones are which, Mark them as such, and plug the dishwasher in the hot outlet and the disposal in the switched outlet.

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Posted by awestruck

Member since Jan 2015

10989 posts

Posted on 9/24/20 at 8:49 am to TigerSaint1

(you might)

Try replacing both of those dollar two 98 plugs and see if that solves your problem. They can go bad for no apparent reason. Sometimes it's just a bad connection; however if that deep in it's easy to replace altogether.... And please tighten that neutral (white one) way-way tight.

(of course - after flipping the correct breaker off - and with same type amperage)

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Posted by ItzMe1972

Member since Dec 2013

9868 posts

Posted on 9/24/20 at 8:15 pm to TigerSaint1

An electrician can probably fix you up for $100 or thereabouts.

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