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	Subject - Diposer outlet only producing 24 Volts???? Johnny916 Hi, I was testing a disposer outlet the other day and found that it was only producing 24 Volts. I could not figure out why. Could somebody help me out with this? Could it be a bad breaker?? Loose wires? I'm baffled, I had to tell the customer I'd come back. Johnny916 Ok there was no disposer installed in the kitchen, but there was an outlet for it under the sink. I did not try to plug a light but in it. All I did was test it using my voltage tester and I got approx. 24V from it. kbsparky I assume that the disposer was not plugged into the outlet when you tested it? Try plugging in a drop light and switching on the bulb, and then tesing for voltage. Does the light operate at a dim level? Or, once you test under load, does your 24 Volts drop to -0-? We really need more information on some of these questions to provide intelligent answers lctrc789 How did you read the tester from hot to neutral or hot to ground or hot to the sink, All these make a difference? Johnny916 I just put red prong in the left outlet and the black prong in the right. Which I believe is hot to neutral. I did not test hot to ground or anything else. zapped208 916,- Are you using a digital meter? If you are, you could be getting induction from other cables, if it is run in the same hole. I get this at times with my Fluke 179. Is it on a seperate breaker or counter circuit? Johnny916 I wasn't using a DMM I was just using a digital voltage tester. I do not know if it was on a seperate circuit but shouldn't a disposer be on one? This house is about 20 years old. A lot of the circuits were seperated for various things throughout the house so I'm assuming the disposer circuit might be on one as well.