Imagine my surprise when I found that one of the receptacles measured 122V between hot and neutral, 4V between ground and neutral, and 4V between ground and hot. HOW IS THIS EVEN POSSIBLE? If hot and neutral are 122V apart from each other, they simply cannot both be 4V away from ground, right?You have an open equipment ground.
Cpclee
It could be caused by several things.
* Not made up on the receptacle. Wire may be broken at recept.
*No equipment grounding conductor at the recept rough-in box.
* Open joint at a feed through of another recept rough-in box, or a junction box.
4 Vac reading you are getting? Phantom voltage..... Typical with digital meters.
Connect a load like a 25 watt light bulb in parallel with the meter leads and take a reading....