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Originally Posted by Lefty02
Very possible. Just odd that it worked for a week then degraded. If it’s not a huge undertaking, you could try running a temporary above ground wire from the power source to the outlet (disconnect the Underground wire) to see if the problem disappears. That would at least help to eliminate or verify the underground wire as the culprit.
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I will try this this weekend. I don't have enough wire to wire to run above ground all the way to storage shed, but may try something shorter to just test the switch (that I may need to take out of storage shed). If it does need all new wiring I will be in trouble because about 25 feet is under concrete
Also per your astute observation of why it worked one week before degrading.
When I first connected it would not work at all, after some troubleshooting I completely removed the old receptacle and direct wired from new GFCI box to storage shed line in wiring with twist nuts to the Neutral, Hot & Ground wires respectively. It worked, so when I said it worked, I really meant the GFCI was not tripping and had power, I had 120VAC at the twist connections and had power to the switch and light in storage shed for about a week. So I bought new receptacle thinking the old receptacle may have been part of the issue and reconnected. Now I have the issue with the hot wire. The old receptacle box did have dirt in it where I believe Texas fire ants may have made it a home or something at some time?