THANK YOU UA-cam DAD!!! I’m a first time home owner and wasn’t really taught how to be a handy man. Was able to fix the power to my garage by RESETTING THE GFCI outlet! Thanks again!
Your GFCI and Panel are in the same place as my garage, as I found out when my son said what is the button for on the socket tester and pressed it, and the GCFI tripped. I had never seen that socket / GFCI before as I have a rack in front of it full of paint and stuff, and for a while wondered why my panel breaker had not tripped, but the other socket he tested was still dead lol.
I've seen GFCI outlets that have come with little "GFCI" stickers that you can use on downstream outlets to remind you that they are connected to an upstream GFCI outlet. Very handy.
You saved me $100. We had a trip happen yesterday, when a landscaper wanted to plug in his saw into a GFCI outlet outside. It didn't work so he went to another outlet, not realizing a trip occured. I only notice this morning that the outlets in my bathroom were off, as were outlets in my other bathroom upstairs. I wound up calling for an electrician, but it would be a while before they come out, but after watching this video, I got the knowledge I needed to realize how circuit breakers trip and what position the switch is in to identify the trip. I went to my panel and found the breaker that tripped, reset it properly and voila, I have power again. Thinking ahead if it happens again, with anything, the GFCI could be bad or perhaps even the breaker itself, but at least i walked away with good solid knowledge I can use in the future, thanks!
All the receptors in my bedroom still don't work. I tried all three methods, and no electricity. PLEASE HELP! I was using the hair dryer in my room when the receptors gave away.
This video has saved me a ton of time and probably money! The hidden protection of a non-GFCI outlet by a GFCI one is a saver! My case has the connection between two bathrooms on two stories…
Very informative video. I have a GFCI outlet in bathroom and it says correct on my GFCI outlet tester. But another regular outlet in the same bath room, that's connected to this GFCI is not getting any power and getting an open neutral while testing with the tester. Where could be the problem ?
You could have a loose neutral on the load side of the GFCI or where the neutral would connect to the 2nd receptacle.. Also: if you are getting that reading *only* when using a GFCI tester, then the receptacle is probably not grounded (an ungrounded GFCI will trip using it's built-in tester, but a plug-in tester won't trip it).
Very logical instructions, very calm, detailed and professional. I have seen many of your videos and learned a lot. Many Thanks, looking forward to the next one!
@@EverydayHomeRepairs I'll admit, not all the time, except when I install up line of a couple outlets lol. Just did a house that's for sale and buyer wanted to go FHA. So I went through and covered every outlet within 6" of water faucets and had to relocate safety reverse sensors for garage door opener.
@@mr.g937 When you purchase a GFCI receptacle, it comes with two sets of labels. One set says ‘GFCI PROTECTED OUTLET’ and the other says ‘NO EQUIPMENT GROUND’. The later is used in the situation you describe. The former is used in the situation described by grandn 86.
Probably it is the AFCI like he mentioned in the end of the video. It is a GFCI but in the breaker box and hard to see if it is tripped. You have to feel it very carefully. Good luck and I hope that is the case.
Your refrigerator should be on a dedicated NON GFCI circuit. You don't want a nuisance trip or GFCI go bad and shut power down to a working refrigerator and lose all your food. For example, I had a GFCI go bad in my garage. Simply failed in the open position so no power to it. I had my garage fridge hooked up but thankfully found It same day. Could not get it to reset at all, it wasn't the fridge. I swapped receptacles and it's fine now and playing with the old one still can't. I haven't opened this one yet but I probably will just to see what failed. It is old so it's easily possible. I have the fridge hooked up to my unused water softener dedicated outlet now. However I'm dropping 4 dedicated circuits into my garage for various power hungry tools that will trip a circuit if anything else is on them and to put my fridge on one of those 4. You may see the same for refrigerators in a garage or water softener system. Generally speaking they should have a single receptacle indicating only one thing can be plugged in at a time and labeled accordingly in the panel. Of course, we all know that doesn't happen.
😲I'm so happy I chose to watch your video. For about a month now, half of my kitchen outlet's stopped working. I knew I could find the perfect UA-cam video online to fix the issue. I can't tank you enough!😁
Scott, thank you yet again for another outstanding video. On a "dead" outlet I had once the root cause dated back decades earlier when the house was built the electrician "back stabbed" (speed wired) the outlets. Over the years either the neutral or the hot wire ( don't remember which one) simply backed out of the hole it had been shoved into (designed in the receptacle) itself decades earlier. I had been running a vacuum cleaner and I inadvertently jerked the power cord out of the outlet and the outlet no longer functioned. So, in addition to all the causes you mentioned the homeowner could have an issue with the wiring itself or the outlet. You might mention that it is a good idea to label outlets that are protected by GFCI and/or AFCI outlets or circuit breakers in the panel itself. Most GFCI's I come across have numerous small labels included inside the packaging designed to communicate the same thing. I am NOT a licensed electrician.
The electrician couldn't figure it out. Flickering and power loss to a section then it comes back 5 minutes later. For them to troubleshoot, the power must be gone on these outlets. Nothing burned in the outlets, breakers were fine. Last year, a booster starter was installed on the A/C. I have no idea if this is drawing too much power on the start.
One bathroom has a gfci, the other does not. I plugged the fan in for a second and it kicked on and off. Now I have no power to either outlet to run anything, but, a tiny old night light will light, but so dim you can barely see it. Tried the rest, it does nothing, not even the click as it used to. So there is something going through, but not really much. Reset breakers, but same thing.
It was the GFCI in a bathroom in another floor that was tripped. I hit the reset button and solved my problem. Saved me a call to an electrician and a $150 bill. Thank you
120 thumbs up to you, sir, for each voltage that you brought back to my dead outlets, and lights! Your second troubleshooting method solved the issue. And you were absolutely right, the culprit GFCI outlet was in a completely different part of the house. You saved me hassle and dollars. Thank you! "Powerfully" ;) liked and subscribed.
Nice one. In my case a traveler wire at an outlet was loose causing an outage in outlets past that point. Took me almost 3 hours to find the culprit. Just FYI. Thanks for the video.
Wow! this video saved me $100 service call to my home warranty company, the issue was solution#2 I didn't know a GGCi in another location could control other outlets.... thanks you!
Thanks for mentioning that you might have to press the button pretty far back in. I kept pressing it but nothing was happening. Just had to push a little further!
After having power loss issue in the outlets, I wanted to resolve it myself and this video really guided me in bringing up the tripped breaker. Electrical engineering is so interesting!
Good vid. Around 6 min you show two reg duplexes that are gfci protected by another gfci outlet that feeds them. You should always use the gfci labels on the protected outlets to avoid confusion.
You're a beast! The darn GFCI in the garage was connected to outlets in the basement. Thanks for this video and you saved me $100s and wasting an electricians time.
One of my circuits seemed to be damaged. I replaced the breaker with no result and thought I would need an electrician. After watching your video, I learned that my garage interior outlet had the only GFCI button on the circuit. Problem solved! Thank you for your help. Subscribed.
You are fantastic I watched your video and I did what you said. I Pressed the red button on the other plug and my switch works now. Thank you so much. You explain the problem so well. I am 85 years old and very great full for your HELP.
Excellent video! Also, another common cause for no power to an outlet is where the outlet and other outlets downstream are “back stabbed” where the wire become loose in the outlet. As a result, no power flows to the outlet and many times half the room has power and the other half doesn’t have power.
@@TheFacelessPoet very simple to fix…simply turn off the power to that circuit and remove the “back stabbed” wire from the outlet by pushing a thin screwdriver in the slot next to the wire and push in to release and remove the wire(s) from the receptacle. Reinstall the wires onto the receptacle in the same location(s) but this time secure each wire under each screw and tighten. The screws give a good firm electrical connection and the problem will clear up. Reinstall receptacle and turn on power. I don’t understand why the NEC (National Electrical Code) still allows “back stabbing” when they know it has future problems ahead.
I had outlet burned out for 2 years by my nightstand (Or so i thought) Thank you so much. It was option 2. All i did is find a hidden outlet behind my furniture with the reset button.
Thank you so much for teaching and putting the video on utube. My former husband used to deal with such things. Now, I've had to learn all these things for myself as I am the one taking care of our home after the divorce. I appreciate you.
As always. great video. Great details. I would just add: If the breaker does not reset that's usually an indicator of either short or high load still affecting the breaker. At that point of course further investigation is needed and for those that are not handy a professional may be needed.
Great video, saved our holiday weekend with guests coming over! I had to go on hunt to find2 GFCI outlets that were tripped. An adult treasure hunt! Thanks for the tips.
**Newb alert** I have 4 outlets (GFCI) which are daisy chained. 2 of the 4 don’t work. I have replaced them all and I am still experiencing the same results. There is no sign of tripping, other then on of the plugs not being able to to test/reset. All outlets show a green “working” status light. Thank you. Love your content.
Hey Noah, So you have 4 GFCI outlets on the same circuit? Do you know if the wiring is pigtailed or did they use the Load terminals on the GFCI to provide power downstream? If they are all on the same circuit I would install only 1 GFCI on the first outlet and then pull from the "Load" terminal providing the power to 3 standard outlets downstream.
Wow great tips. I have a friend who has one room with lights and outlets not working breakers all work i did not see gfci's tripped but im still diognosting. 😉 He reset the breaker that tripped a couple times and now its fine in also guessing there might be a open line
Breakers sometimes fail. If when you reset the breaker, it doesn’t feel quite as firm as other breakers and flips off with less pressure when you flip it off, then it might be failing intermittently. There are videos on how to replace the breaker safely. Good luck!
Man first let me say thank you for making this video.. the outlets and the lights went out in my bedroom. All day I running up and down the steps trying to figure out what breaker did what. Previous owner had them marked incorrectly. Got out my multimeter and started testing every outlet. And low and behold it was a gcfi outlet two flights downstairs in the @%@*%! Kitchen behind the microwave.That needed to be reset and my bedroom lights were on when I went upstairs 2 flights away on the whole other side of the house to get my wallet so I can go to homedepot to spend whatever it took to get my bedroom light back on... what a RELIEF... THANKS A MILLION...!!
You saved us! Our basement outlets weren't working and I was going crazy until I watched your videos. Apparently our garage outlet GFCI was tripped and we never looked there, resetting that gave us power in the basement. Thanks!
I had checked my switches in the garage but forgot to check the outside of the house. I have one panel outside. This saved me at least a $200 housecall.
Thank you for resolving my electrical issue. My outlets in the Master Bathroom weren't working. I found the GFCI outlet in the downstairs bathroom and reset it. Wouldn't you know it, this allowed the ARC fuses in my electrical panel to release and reset back to the "on" position!! I'm good to go! All outlets are up and running and the lights are back on! Praise be to God! You out here saving lives!😊😊😊 Much appreciated.
Ty so much sir. I've had the GCFI outlets in my kitchen red lighted for a month now and didn't know what to do. After a bad storm, I lost power briefly and no sockets worked. I reset them and all is well. I subscribed to your channel as a thank you
Scott, here's a question for you: Is only one GFCI receptacle necessary in a bathroom if all of the other receptacles in it are on the load circuit ("downstream") of the GFCI?
Thank you! Now i don't have to have the maintenance up in my apartment. Just flipped the GFC outlet in my kitchen on the wall where two outlets had went dead by turning on a humidifier. Saved this 62 year old woman from being aggravated any more on this issue.
Yes, i have a question. 1. Is it recommended to have all circuit breakers AFCI? Or just the main breaker on the house service panel? 2. In an off-grid, solar house with batteries, inverter and a generator backup, will AFCI breakers be configured as in an on-grid, utility fed system, or will it be different? i ask because in a grid-fed system, the main service panel is neutral-ground bonded and all sub-panels are not. But in off-grid systems, the house panel IS the main and IS neutral-ground bonded. The generator, however, has it's own panel and might be considered to be THE main panel when it is running. In that case, who gets gets bonded and who gets the AFCI? -Thankx Mucho⚡⚡
OMG, thank you so much. I watched other videos and they didn't explain that the switches in the circuit box that are slightly away from the ON position have been tripped. I thought they had to be closer to center or in the OFF position. I missed it the first time I checked out the box, but after taking a closer look I saw one switch that was a tiny bit away from the ON position. I made sure to move it to the OFF position and then back to ON. As someone who lives alone, this was so helpful.
Good opportunity to recommend making sure your service panel is properly labeled and that all circuits are labeled. As a home inspector very common to see circuits not labeled in a panel. Always recommend clients make sure all circuits are labeled and to check to make sure all existing labeling is correct. If a recetacle is GFCI protected, but not a GFCI receptacle, recommend identifying where tge GFCI protection is, e.g. breaker at panel or a GFCI receptacle. While it is common for the GFCI protection to be from an adjacent GFCI receptacle, I have seen the protection to be from a GFCI receptacle literally at the other end of a home. Having this identified, likrly at the service panel, will hopefully save someone time and the frustration of trying to figure out why there is no power to a receptacle or what needs to be reset if a breaker or GFCI receptacle is tripped.
Breakers may move more and more to the outside considering the main disconnect to the entire service must now be located outside in the 2020 NEC. There's some states where that's essentially the only place you'll find them like Arizona.
@Lucky Joestar Pretty sure a serial killer can lure you outside in plenty of other ways too. Or just break in. 🤷♂️ I can't speak for Arizona, but we have a main disconnect outside of our house, and yes it does have a spot on the box for a padlock. Pretty sure a serial killer can bring tools to get past a padlock, though. 🤷♂️
I doubt it...in places where an exterior service disconnect is common, virtually every house uses a meter main combo PLUS a sub panel in the interior. So most of the breakers that matter would still be on the inside.
@Lucky Joestar spoiler alert, even with a panel on the inside the meter and incoming lines are always outside. They could literally cut and pull a meter or just cut the lines. That being said, I hate the panel on the outside. Yes they can be padlocks but I don't want easy access to outsiders and I don't want to go out in inclement whether to trouble shoot shit or swap over to generator. Any idiot that argues it's for safety of firefighters... once again the meter can be pulled. I just want my panel indoors for lots of reasons. Serial killer is not one of them lol
I have a couple of power outlets that won't work. My electric panel is similar to yours. I tried moving the switch back and forth for my room and it didn't help. What could I try next? I don't have those outlets in step two. My home was built in 1983.
Thank you!! Had an issue where 2 outlets in the master bathroom lost power (non-GFCIs) and couldn’t figure out the issue for the life of my. Turns out the outlet for our guest bedroom was GFCI and that was tripped. Just needed to be rest and that restored power back to the other outlets 🤙🏼
Thanks Scott. Was about to change out the breaker and your video showed me to check all outside outlets on the GFCI and low and behold, one was tripped. Thanks again !
I was about to lose a nights sleep worrying about the damn power to my gdo not realizing my garage fridge is on a gfci and needed to be reset to bring the power back to the whole circuit. Good god. I was about to pay an electrician to come out tomorrow. You saved me dude. Thank you.
I have an outlet in my kitchen that my refrigerator is plugged into that is losing power and not tripping the breaker. I swapped it out and same issue. The GFCI to the left of that outlet works fine. Any suggestions?
Thank you for this video. My issue is finally fixed. I watched so many videos and none of them was helpful. You are the most knowledgeable person and best teacher ever. Thank you again.
Thanks a million for enlighting me of GFCI's place in affecting a series of outlets in the kitchen. That is the exact scenario playing out in my house. All I do as you suggested is reset it and all other outlets come back online. Almost rush out to buy undeeded testing equipment. Thanks again.
Thank you. I hand a non GFCI outlet in my kitchen that was not working. I did find an outlet that had been tripped and it is now working. Your video was very helpful, clear and concise.
Thank you for not only sharing but being very detailed. I just used your step by step process to solve the same problem in my basement. Didn’t need any appliance or technician
OMG THANK YOU!!!!!! The part where u showed how the trip outlets can cause others to trip in their line helped me a lot!!! I had an outlet in my upstairs bathroom that wasn’t working and I found a tripped outlet in the downstairs bathroom and now it’s working perfectly!!!!!!
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Excellent video. Little did I know that there is something called a GFCI breaker. My breaker switch was in the middle position and I kept putting it to ON but it was not working. After watching your video, I was able to move it from the “BREAK” to “OFF” and then back to “ON”. Everything then worked magically
Many houses in my area have a receptacle near the entrance door that is run by a switch. i try to mark those receptacles and the switches that run them.
Me: There's simply NO WAY the non-working outlets in my office are daisy chained back to a GFCI in another room!! Me 5 mins later: Oh FFS! The non-working outlets in my office ARE daisy chained back to a GFCI in another room!! A HUGE thank you for informing my ignorance, while saving me time and money.
Very educational site! I have a question: have you ever produced a video on how to use an ammeter? If so, can you provide a link? I tried unsuccessfully to find one on your site!
Thank you! You fixed my issue. Woke up to a power surge and two outlets in a bedroom not working. Fuse box did show a breaker flipped so I pushed it on. Still didn’t work. Watched your video to realize… you push the breaker to “off” position first. THEN back on. Problem solved!!.
I watch your videos frequently and I do enjoy watching them. Thank you. However in today’s circuit breakers ( or the breakers in my garage) they do not usually trip as your example states, when blown. So I now have an outlet and other items on the same circuit that do not work. I just acquired the Klein ET310 circuit breaker finder but my question is; will this help being the outlet has no power and will the transmitter work if the outlet has no power? I Hope so. Please provide an answer. Thank you.
Great video! I have a question, what if these solutions including the GFCI replacement doesn’t work and the breaker keeps tripping? I’ve been having an issue with a breaker that keeps tripping, I already checked all outlets from that breaker and all of them are working fine. Any suggestions what can be the reason of it tripping even though everything seems to be working properly? Thanks in advance! 🙏🏼
Thankyou sooo much😂 saved me, 3 outlets in bathroom downstairs just went dead, there no GFCI in this bathroom, so i knew to check nearby GFCI and hadnt check bathroom upstairs GFCI and sure enough that was the one like 1 hr later, after watching this vid! Again thx!
Ok I have a question. Today I came home from work my deep freezer in the garage was off. I reset the plug and it was working fine. A few minutes later I looked in my backyard. I have an above ground pool. The water level had decreased several inches due to the hose coming off of the pump. I unplugged the pump from the extension (it’s an outside extension cord). I filled my pool back up and plugged in the pump and it wasn’t working. I immediately unplugged it saw the socket had black markings around the holes and one of the prongs had sticky black residue on it. I went and got something else to plug into the socket and that item didn’t work. So I then plugged the extension cord with the pump into a plug inside my house and the pump is working. Also, this is very weird. I noticed a chunk of my patio gone. It stormed today about 230, 3 hours before I got home. Could it have been lightning? I would think it would have been much more damage if it was. It’s maybe 1-2 inches wide by an inch deep. The chunk of my patio that is missing isn’t close to the pump or plug. I’d say at least 6ft or more from where the chunk of concrete is missing. All of this can’t be coincidental, surely not. 🥺
i'm lost now, my switches and lights don't work in my bedroom, my outlet are also not working but are reading 50 v. My breakers aren't trip and the breaker is reading normal at 120 .I think i've found all my gfci and their all good...Any ideas why i have 50v on all my outlets and my switches are dead including my lights switches....
I have a room with all outlets not working, but the light/fan and hvac control all work. I tried the breakers, resetting all GFCI, and neither work. My house is 3 years old. Guess it’s time for a professional 🤦🏻♀️
Hello Scott, I have two outside receptacles that mysteriously stopped working. House was built in 2019 and these are the outside receptacles that have the hinged plastic door over them. There is one GFCI circuit in the Garage which I have checked, and all the breakers in the panel box. Still no power.
I have a different question, not germane to this specific video but for testing inverter power outlets and maybe UPS power outlets too. I was curious if this jump pack for my car, that also has electric outlets for appliances and other things with a power cord is grounded, and if so, how a ground could be "self contained" since it's a battery. When I checked with a light up circuit tester and a button to cause a GFCI to "trip" all 3 lights came on, and there was nothing that happened when there was a "trip". So I wonder... How safe are these against fires from shorts, or as a shock hazard, and how do we test that ? Great video though and thank you for posting. In one of my Mother's houses, she had GFCI in her lavatory. There was also a GFCI on her porch. She tripped the outlet in her lavatory and it never reset. I was attempting to replace it for her, but discovered there was no power all the way back. I was up in her attic trying to run it down. I never was able to. My dad, wanting to use his weed whacker plugged it into the porch and reset the breaker. Unbeknownst to Mother or me, and all at once, it was working again. No LED on these, because you know, the electric company wasn't THAT greedy or hadn't figured out how to charge us for an outlet we weren't using yet. I don't remember how it came about, but my Dad mentioned something about having to reset it, and then after he did, the lavatory outlet was working again. I opened it up and sure enough, some idiot had run the wires downstream, that landed in the lavatory, and put a GFCI in the lavatory AND wired it to the "protected" side on the porch. It was a good year before we ran that down and even planned on getting an electrician. But Chase Manhattan was threatening to make us homeless, so we never got that far. The house was sold not long after, so I left a note for the next homeowner. I didn't open up her wiring just because I didn't get that far yet.
I have four circuit breakers that have gfi's built in. None of the gfi's will test. Two of the four circuit breakers feel very soft like they won't reset. I had my granddaughter and I unplugged everything we can pick it up in those rooms. Check for GFI is inside also still nothing
omg, you are such a lifesaver..my friend let us stay the weekend at her beach house which has older wiring and when I turned on the microwave it tripped the breaker and stopped power to three separate outlets including the fridge…I panicked as I felt horrible knowing such a nice gesture lead to me feeling like I messed up something in her home. This video helped me troubleshoot it and fix the problem…the breaker was indeed red and one flip of the switch fixed everything. Thnx so much!
I don't know what I have my 200 Amp was installed 2018 no problems turned on a small window air conditioner I heard Lil snap my other receptacle went out in room I couldn't find which breaker they all looked fine I reset them all .still no power in room I don't have any gfci in the room
Thanks for the video. I have 3 outlets in my kitchen that stopped working. I checked the breakers and it was good. I replaced the GFCI and still no electricity coming. What could be other reason?
Thanks, very helpful. There was GFCI under my sink that i did not know controlled a few additional outlets, resetting it did the trick to fix the other outlets. Saved my a call to the electrician.
Should all my circuits fit evenly in the box, several are like crooked, like they are too big. Also, nothing was written inside the door on the list. Can't afford to have anyone come look at it. Lost power to a few outlets upstairs, a guest plugged in a space heater and tripped the circuit. We did a reset and turned it back on. But still no power. Looks like old knob and tube in the crawl space. Could there be an old in-line fuse? Lost power to the furnace once took forever to find the in-line fuse in between the floor joists in the basement. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
One of my standard outlet went out and I checked the power (Wire) to the receptacle, and it had no power. I decided to replace it with a GFCI receptacle and still the same thing. It has only two wires + ground. There are two other outlets in the same line which I have them as GFCI and they power off when I turn off the circuit breaker and power on, they even reset at the reset button okay. Am I missing something?
THANK YOU UA-cam DAD!!! I’m a first time home owner and wasn’t really taught how to be a handy man. Was able to fix the power to my garage by RESETTING THE GFCI outlet! Thanks again!
THANKS Dude!!!! The reset button worked! Didn’t even know it was there. Loads of thanks. No electrican needed! Great video too, elderly lady (75)
I knew it was there but had no idea is was connected to my outside outlets. Woo hoo 🎉
Thank you so much! I changed the outlet & still didn’t have power. I turned the switch on & off & it worked!! ❤
Thank you... This worked for me too!!!
Thanks a million! The reset button is magic!!!
Your GFCI and Panel are in the same place as my garage, as I found out when my son said what is the button for on the socket tester and pressed it, and the GCFI tripped. I had never seen that socket / GFCI before as I have a rack in front of it full of paint and stuff, and for a while wondered why my panel breaker had not tripped, but the other socket he tested was still dead lol.
I've seen GFCI outlets that have come with little "GFCI" stickers that you can use on downstream outlets to remind you that they are connected to an upstream GFCI outlet. Very handy.
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You saved me $100. We had a trip happen yesterday, when a landscaper wanted to plug in his saw into a GFCI outlet outside. It didn't work so he went to another outlet, not realizing a trip occured. I only notice this morning that the outlets in my bathroom were off, as were outlets in my other bathroom upstairs. I wound up calling for an electrician, but it would be a while before they come out, but after watching this video, I got the knowledge I needed to realize how circuit breakers trip and what position the switch is in to identify the trip. I went to my panel and found the breaker that tripped, reset it properly and voila, I have power again. Thinking ahead if it happens again, with anything, the GFCI could be bad or perhaps even the breaker itself, but at least i walked away with good solid knowledge I can use in the future, thanks!
All the receptors in my bedroom still don't work. I tried all three methods, and no electricity. PLEASE HELP! I was using the hair dryer in my room when the receptors gave away.
This video has saved me a ton of time and probably money! The hidden protection of a non-GFCI outlet by a GFCI one is a saver! My case has the connection between two bathrooms on two stories…
Very informative video. I have a GFCI outlet in bathroom and it says correct on my GFCI outlet tester. But another regular outlet in the same bath room, that's connected to this GFCI is not getting any power and getting an open neutral while testing with the tester. Where could be the problem ?
You could have a loose neutral on the load side of the GFCI or where the neutral would connect to the 2nd receptacle..
Also: if you are getting that reading *only* when using a GFCI tester, then the receptacle is probably not grounded (an ungrounded GFCI will trip using it's built-in tester, but a plug-in tester won't trip it).
Very logical instructions, very calm, detailed and professional. I have seen many of your videos and learned a lot. Many Thanks, looking forward to the next one!
Exactly what I would have said. Ditto
Hey Arne, thanks for the kind words.
Any outlets that are downstream from an GFCI should have the "GFCI protected" label on the face plate to let people know that it is protected.
Thanks for pointing that out but to be honest I might have seen that happen 1% of the time. Do you often see the labels added?
@@EverydayHomeRepairs I'll admit, not all the time, except when I install up line of a couple outlets lol. Just did a house that's for sale and buyer wanted to go FHA.
So I went through and covered every outlet within 6" of water faucets and had to relocate safety reverse sensors for garage door opener.
Having the label is only code in a house that lacks a ground. Otherwise it is not required by code. It might still be a good idea though.
@@mr.g937 When you purchase a GFCI receptacle, it comes with two sets of labels. One set says ‘GFCI PROTECTED OUTLET’ and the other says ‘NO EQUIPMENT GROUND’. The later is used in the situation you describe. The former is used in the situation described by grandn 86.
@@Around_The_Home Again, neither label is required by code if your house has a ground.
I looked over everywhere but couldn't find the GFCI for my fridge outlet in the kitchen. What is best way to find all the GFCIs you may have
Probably it is the AFCI like he mentioned in the end of the video. It is a GFCI but in the breaker box and hard to see if it is tripped. You have to feel it very carefully. Good luck and I hope that is the case.
Your fridge shouldn’t be plugged into a GFCI bc if trips and you’re unaware everything spoils. Should be a dedicated circuit
Your refrigerator should be on a dedicated NON GFCI circuit. You don't want a nuisance trip or GFCI go bad and shut power down to a working refrigerator and lose all your food. For example, I had a GFCI go bad in my garage. Simply failed in the open position so no power to it. I had my garage fridge hooked up but thankfully found It same day. Could not get it to reset at all, it wasn't the fridge. I swapped receptacles and it's fine now and playing with the old one still can't. I haven't opened this one yet but I probably will just to see what failed. It is old so it's easily possible. I have the fridge hooked up to my unused water softener dedicated outlet now. However I'm dropping 4 dedicated circuits into my garage for various power hungry tools that will trip a circuit if anything else is on them and to put my fridge on one of those 4.
You may see the same for refrigerators in a garage or water softener system. Generally speaking they should have a single receptacle indicating only one thing can be plugged in at a time and labeled accordingly in the panel. Of course, we all know that doesn't happen.
😲I'm so happy I chose to watch your video. For about a month now, half of my kitchen outlet's stopped working. I knew I could find the perfect UA-cam video online to fix the issue. I can't tank you enough!😁
Scott, thank you yet again for another outstanding video. On a "dead" outlet I had once the root cause dated back decades earlier when the house was built the electrician "back stabbed" (speed wired) the outlets. Over the years either the neutral or the hot wire ( don't remember which one) simply backed out of the hole it had been shoved into (designed in the receptacle) itself decades earlier. I had been running a vacuum cleaner and I inadvertently jerked the power cord out of the outlet and the outlet no longer functioned. So, in addition to all the causes you mentioned the homeowner could have an issue with the wiring itself or the outlet. You might mention that it is a good idea to label outlets that are protected by GFCI and/or AFCI outlets or circuit breakers in the panel itself. Most GFCI's I come across have numerous small labels included inside the packaging designed to communicate the same thing. I am NOT a licensed electrician.
I’m sorry that happened. I always wonder if people take pride in their work when they’re building homes we live in
The electrician couldn't figure it out. Flickering and power loss to a section then it comes back 5 minutes later. For them to troubleshoot, the power must be gone on these outlets. Nothing burned in the outlets, breakers were fine. Last year, a booster starter was installed on the A/C. I have no idea if this is drawing too much power on the start.
One bathroom has a gfci, the other does not. I plugged the fan in for a second and it kicked on and off. Now I have no power to either outlet to run anything, but, a tiny old night light will light, but so dim you can barely see it. Tried the rest, it does nothing, not even the click as it used to. So there is something going through, but not really much. Reset breakers, but same thing.
It was the GFCI in a bathroom in another floor that was tripped. I hit the reset button and solved my problem. Saved me a call to an electrician and a $150 bill. Thank you
You solved my issue. I had no idea the GFCI from one outlet affected another one. Thanks x1000!
Here to help 🙌
120 thumbs up to you, sir, for each voltage that you brought back to my dead outlets, and lights! Your second troubleshooting method solved the issue. And you were absolutely right, the culprit GFCI outlet was in a completely different part of the house. You saved me hassle and dollars. Thank you! "Powerfully" ;) liked and subscribed.
different part of the house?!
You presentation was so clear I was able to fix my bathroom outlet. Thank you for being precise and not pontificating.
Nice one. In my case a traveler wire at an outlet was loose causing an outage in outlets past that point. Took me almost 3 hours to find the culprit. Just FYI. Thanks for the video.
thanks, I had no idea a GFI could give me such a headache! I learned something today thanks to your video, Thank you! (Hidden GFI)
Wow! this video saved me $100 service call to my home warranty company, the issue was solution#2 I didn't know a GGCi in another location could control other outlets.... thanks you!
Thanks for mentioning that you might have to press the button pretty far back in. I kept pressing it but nothing was happening. Just had to push a little further!
After having power loss issue in the outlets, I wanted to resolve it myself and this video really guided me in bringing up the tripped breaker. Electrical engineering is so interesting!
Thank you, it worked- I owe you the $75 electrician fee! LOL
thank you so much! so calm and elaborate, slow and steady. For a person that doesn't deal with this at all very helpful!
Good vid. Around 6 min you show two reg duplexes that are gfci protected by another gfci outlet that feeds them. You should always use the gfci labels on the protected outlets to avoid confusion.
great tip!! I found my GFCI outlet in my garage just as you suggested….behind some of my garage stuff. Thanks so much!
You're a beast! The darn GFCI in the garage was connected to outlets in the basement. Thanks for this video and you saved me $100s and wasting an electricians time.
One of my circuits seemed to be damaged. I replaced the breaker with no result and thought I would need an electrician. After watching your video, I learned that my garage interior outlet had the only GFCI button on the circuit. Problem solved! Thank you for your help. Subscribed.
You are fantastic I watched your video and I did what you said. I Pressed the red button on the other plug and my switch works now. Thank you so much. You explain the problem so well. I am 85 years old and very great full for your HELP.
Excellent video! Also, another common cause for no power to an outlet is where the outlet and other outlets downstream are “back stabbed” where the wire become loose in the outlet. As a result, no power flows to the outlet and many times half the room has power and the other half doesn’t have power.
How would u fix this?
@@TheFacelessPoet very simple to fix…simply turn off the power to that circuit and remove the “back stabbed” wire from the outlet by pushing a thin screwdriver in the slot next to the wire and push in to release and remove the wire(s) from the receptacle. Reinstall the wires onto the receptacle in the same location(s) but this time secure each wire under each screw and tighten. The screws give a good firm electrical connection and the problem will clear up. Reinstall receptacle and turn on power. I don’t understand why the NEC (National Electrical Code) still allows “back stabbing” when they know it has future problems ahead.
Need one them chirping testers you stick in outlet, tells you got power. Bought one on sale at Sears 30 years ago. Works real good.
I had outlet burned out for 2 years by my nightstand (Or so i thought) Thank you so much. It was option 2. All i did is find a hidden outlet behind my furniture with the reset button.
Thanks bruh it actually worked
Thank you so much for teaching and putting the video on utube. My former husband used to deal with such things. Now, I've had to learn all these things for myself as I am the one taking care of our home after the divorce. I appreciate you.
As always. great video. Great details. I would just add: If the breaker does not reset that's usually an indicator of either short or high load still affecting the breaker. At that point of course further investigation is needed and for those that are not handy a professional may be needed.
Great video, saved our holiday weekend with guests coming over! I had to go on hunt to find2 GFCI outlets that were tripped. An adult treasure hunt! Thanks for the tips.
**Newb alert** I have 4 outlets (GFCI) which are daisy chained. 2 of the 4 don’t work. I have replaced them all and I am still experiencing the same results. There is no sign of tripping, other then on of the plugs not being able to to test/reset. All outlets show a green “working” status light. Thank you. Love your content.
Hey Noah, So you have 4 GFCI outlets on the same circuit? Do you know if the wiring is pigtailed or did they use the Load terminals on the GFCI to provide power downstream? If they are all on the same circuit I would install only 1 GFCI on the first outlet and then pull from the "Load" terminal providing the power to 3 standard outlets downstream.
Thanks you 😊I fixed mine
Wow great tips. I have a friend who has one room with lights and outlets not working breakers all work i did not see gfci's tripped but im still diognosting. 😉 He reset the breaker that tripped a couple times and now its fine in also guessing there might be a open line
Breakers sometimes fail. If when you reset the breaker, it doesn’t feel quite as firm as other breakers and flips off with less pressure when you flip it off, then it might be failing intermittently. There are videos on how to replace the breaker safely. Good luck!
I just love your video`s because you always speak so clear and are excellent at explaining how to fix the problem.
Thank you so much!
Thanks so much for the support!
Man first let me say thank you for making this video.. the outlets and the lights went out in my bedroom. All day I running up and down the steps trying to figure out what breaker did what. Previous owner had them marked incorrectly. Got out my multimeter and started testing every outlet. And low and behold it was a gcfi outlet two flights downstairs in the @%@*%! Kitchen behind the microwave.That needed to be reset and my bedroom lights were on when I went upstairs 2 flights away on the whole other side of the house to get my wallet so I can go to homedepot to spend whatever it took to get my bedroom light back on... what a RELIEF... THANKS A MILLION...!!
You saved us! Our basement outlets weren't working and I was going crazy until I watched your videos. Apparently our garage outlet GFCI was tripped and we never looked there, resetting that gave us power in the basement. Thanks!
My garage GFCI also controls the master bath receptacles. SMH
I had checked my switches in the garage but forgot to check the outside of the house. I have one panel outside. This saved me at least a $200 housecall.
Thank you for resolving my electrical issue. My outlets in the Master Bathroom weren't working. I found the GFCI outlet in the downstairs bathroom and reset it. Wouldn't you know it, this allowed the ARC fuses in my electrical panel to release and reset back to the "on" position!! I'm good to go! All outlets are up and running and the lights are back on! Praise be to God! You out here saving lives!😊😊😊
Much appreciated.
Ty so much sir. I've had the GCFI outlets in my kitchen red lighted for a month now and didn't know what to do. After a bad storm, I lost power briefly and no sockets worked. I reset them and all is well. I subscribed to your channel as a thank you
Thank you! This video helped avoid me calling my weird landlord. LOL!
Scott, here's a question for you: Is only one GFCI receptacle necessary in a bathroom if all of the other receptacles in it are on the load circuit ("downstream") of the GFCI?
Yes (I'm an electrician)
@@SwingboyPA Thank you for responding!
Really helpful. It indeed guides me to get and reset my kitchen wall outlets today. Thanks a lot!
Thank you!
Now i don't have to have the maintenance up in my apartment.
Just flipped the GFC outlet in my kitchen on the wall where two outlets had went dead by turning on a humidifier.
Saved this 62 year old woman from being aggravated any more on this issue.
Yes, i have a question.
1. Is it recommended to have all circuit breakers AFCI? Or just the main breaker on the house service panel?
2. In an off-grid, solar house with batteries, inverter and a generator backup, will AFCI breakers be configured as in an on-grid, utility fed system, or will it be different? i ask because in a grid-fed system, the main service panel is neutral-ground bonded and all sub-panels are not. But in off-grid systems, the house panel IS the main and IS neutral-ground bonded. The generator, however, has it's own panel and might be considered to be THE main panel when it is running. In that case, who gets gets bonded and who gets the AFCI?
-Thankx Mucho⚡⚡
OMG, thank you so much. I watched other videos and they didn't explain that the switches in the circuit box that are slightly away from the ON position have been tripped. I thought they had to be closer to center or in the OFF position. I missed it the first time I checked out the box, but after taking a closer look I saw one switch that was a tiny bit away from the ON position. I made sure to move it to the OFF position and then back to ON. As someone who lives alone, this was so helpful.
Good opportunity to recommend making sure your service panel is properly labeled and that all circuits are labeled. As a home inspector very common to see circuits not labeled in a panel. Always recommend clients make sure all circuits are labeled and to check to make sure all existing labeling is correct. If a recetacle is GFCI protected, but not a GFCI receptacle, recommend identifying where tge GFCI protection is, e.g. breaker at panel or a GFCI receptacle. While it is common for the GFCI protection to be from an adjacent GFCI receptacle, I have seen the protection to be from a GFCI receptacle literally at the other end of a home. Having this identified, likrly at the service panel, will hopefully save someone time and the frustration of trying to figure out why there is no power to a receptacle or what needs to be reset if a breaker or GFCI receptacle is tripped.
Breakers may move more and more to the outside considering the main disconnect to the entire service must now be located outside in the 2020 NEC. There's some states where that's essentially the only place you'll find them like Arizona.
@Lucky Joestar should let the organization behind the NEC know.
@Lucky Joestar Pretty sure a serial killer can lure you outside in plenty of other ways too. Or just break in. 🤷♂️
I can't speak for Arizona, but we have a main disconnect outside of our house, and yes it does have a spot on the box for a padlock.
Pretty sure a serial killer can bring tools to get past a padlock, though. 🤷♂️
I doubt it...in places where an exterior service disconnect is common, virtually every house uses a meter main combo PLUS a sub panel in the interior. So most of the breakers that matter would still be on the inside.
@Lucky Joestar spoiler alert, even with a panel on the inside the meter and incoming lines are always outside. They could literally cut and pull a meter or just cut the lines.
That being said, I hate the panel on the outside. Yes they can be padlocks but I don't want easy access to outsiders and I don't want to go out in inclement whether to trouble shoot shit or swap over to generator.
Any idiot that argues it's for safety of firefighters... once again the meter can be pulled. I just want my panel indoors for lots of reasons. Serial killer is not one of them lol
@@mr.g937 Actually, many areas in the country are requiring new construction to place the breaker box outside.
I have a couple of power outlets that won't work. My electric panel is similar to yours. I tried moving the switch back and forth for my room and it didn't help. What could I try next?
I don't have those outlets in step two. My home was built in 1983.
Thank you!! Had an issue where 2 outlets in the master bathroom lost power (non-GFCIs) and couldn’t figure out the issue for the life of my. Turns out the outlet for our guest bedroom was GFCI and that was tripped. Just needed to be rest and that restored power back to the other outlets 🤙🏼
No to be a “pick ass” viewer GFCI stands for Ground Fault “Circuit” Interrupter not “Current” just keepin ya honest to the trade. 😉
Thanks Scott. Was about to change out the breaker and your video showed me to check all outside outlets on the GFCI and low and behold, one was tripped. Thanks again !
I was about to lose a nights sleep worrying about the damn power to my gdo not realizing my garage fridge is on a gfci and needed to be reset to bring the power back to the whole circuit. Good god. I was about to pay an electrician to come out tomorrow. You saved me dude. Thank you.
I have an outlet in my kitchen that my refrigerator is plugged into that is losing power and not tripping the breaker. I swapped it out and same issue. The GFCI to the left of that outlet works fine. Any suggestions?
Thank you for this video. My issue is finally fixed. I watched so many videos and none of them was helpful. You are the most knowledgeable person and best teacher ever. Thank you again.
Great video. Only thing I might have added was an explanation of what to look for if the GFCI trips immediately after resetting it. Love the channel.
Thanks a million for enlighting me of GFCI's place in affecting a series of outlets in the kitchen. That is the exact scenario playing out in my house. All I do as you suggested is reset it and all other outlets come back online. Almost rush out to buy undeeded testing equipment. Thanks again.
Thank you. I hand a non GFCI outlet in my kitchen that was not working. I did find an outlet that had been tripped and it is now working. Your video was very helpful, clear and concise.
Thank you very much, Scott!!!
Happy to help!
Thank you for not only sharing but being very detailed. I just used your step by step process to solve the same problem in my basement. Didn’t need any appliance or technician
OMG THANK YOU!!!!!! The part where u showed how the trip outlets can cause others to trip in their line helped me a lot!!!
I had an outlet in my upstairs bathroom that wasn’t working and I found a tripped outlet in the downstairs bathroom and now it’s working perfectly!!!!!!
Thank you, you are a life saver.👍
Happy to help!
Extremely current service panel. Thank you.
The home was built in 1997 so not up to the latest code but definitely more updated as compared to the homes I am usually purchasing. 🙂
HOW MANY TIMES ARE YOU GOING TO SAY "SO"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Excellent video. Little did I know that there is something called a GFCI breaker. My breaker switch was in the middle position and I kept putting it to ON but it was not working. After watching your video, I was able to move it from the “BREAK” to “OFF” and then back to “ON”. Everything then worked magically
Truly appreciate the information & instruction you share! Thank you so much!
You are so welcome!
So glad I found your channel. You are really good with voice, speed and clarity.
Many houses in my area have a receptacle near the entrance door that is run by a switch. i try to mark those receptacles and the switches that run them.
You’re a great teacher! Thank you for this video!
You Bet!
Yes indeed he is. That's my go to guy right here 💪🏿💯
I tried the second method and it worked ! Thank you so much! I'm going to feel so accomplished for a few day 😎
Me: There's simply NO WAY the non-working outlets in my office are daisy chained back to a GFCI in another room!!
Me 5 mins later: Oh FFS! The non-working outlets in my office ARE daisy chained back to a GFCI in another room!!
A HUGE thank you for informing my ignorance, while saving me time and money.
Great educational and money saving video. Thanks a lot.
Very educational site! I have a question: have you ever produced a video on how to use an ammeter? If so, can you provide a link? I tried unsuccessfully to find one on your site!
Thank You Scott (Liked & Subscribed) Clear and concise, well filmed and edited. You're a good teacher (no silly music) John 14:6
Thank you! You fixed my issue. Woke up to a power surge and two outlets in a bedroom not working. Fuse box did show a breaker flipped so I pushed it on. Still didn’t work. Watched your video to realize… you push the breaker to “off” position first. THEN back on. Problem solved!!.
I watch your videos frequently and I do enjoy watching them. Thank you. However in today’s circuit breakers ( or the breakers in my garage) they do not usually trip as your example states, when blown. So I now have an outlet and other items on the same circuit that do not work. I just acquired the Klein ET310 circuit breaker finder but my question is; will this help being the outlet has no power and will the transmitter work if the outlet has no power? I Hope so. Please provide an answer. Thank you.
Great video! I have a question, what if these solutions including the GFCI replacement doesn’t work and the breaker keeps tripping? I’ve been having an issue with a breaker that keeps tripping, I already checked all outlets from that breaker and all of them are working fine. Any suggestions what can be the reason of it tripping even though everything seems to be working properly? Thanks in advance! 🙏🏼
Thankyou sooo much😂 saved me, 3 outlets in bathroom downstairs just went dead, there no GFCI in this bathroom, so i knew to check nearby GFCI and hadnt check bathroom upstairs GFCI and sure enough that was the one like 1 hr later, after watching this vid! Again thx!
Ok I have a question. Today I came home from work my deep freezer in the garage was off. I reset the plug and it was working fine. A few minutes later I looked in my backyard. I have an above ground pool. The water level had decreased several inches due to the hose coming off of the pump. I unplugged the pump from the extension (it’s an outside extension cord). I filled my pool back up and plugged in the pump and it wasn’t working. I immediately unplugged it saw the socket had black markings around the holes and one of the prongs had sticky black residue on it. I went and got something else to plug into the socket and that item didn’t work. So I then plugged the extension cord with the pump into a plug inside my house and the pump is working. Also, this is very weird. I noticed a chunk of my patio gone. It stormed today about 230, 3 hours before I got home. Could it have been lightning? I would think it would have been much more damage if it was. It’s maybe 1-2 inches wide by an inch deep. The chunk of my patio that is missing isn’t close to the pump or plug. I’d say at least 6ft or more from where the chunk of concrete is missing. All of this can’t be coincidental, surely not. 🥺
i'm lost now, my switches and lights don't work in my bedroom, my outlet are also not working but are reading 50 v. My breakers aren't trip and the breaker is reading normal at 120 .I think i've found all my gfci and their all good...Any ideas why i have 50v on all my outlets and my switches are dead including my lights switches....
I have a room with all outlets not working, but the light/fan and hvac control all work. I tried the breakers, resetting all GFCI, and neither work. My house is 3 years old. Guess it’s time for a professional 🤦🏻♀️
Hello Scott, I have two outside receptacles that mysteriously stopped working. House was built in 2019 and these are the outside receptacles that have the hinged plastic door over them. There is one GFCI circuit in the Garage which I have checked, and all the breakers in the panel box. Still no power.
I have a different question, not germane to this specific video but for testing inverter power outlets and maybe UPS power outlets too. I was curious if this jump pack for my car, that also has electric outlets for appliances and other things with a power cord is grounded, and if so, how a ground could be "self contained" since it's a battery. When I checked with a light up circuit tester and a button to cause a GFCI to "trip" all 3 lights came on, and there was nothing that happened when there was a "trip". So I wonder... How safe are these against fires from shorts, or as a shock hazard, and how do we test that ?
Great video though and thank you for posting. In one of my Mother's houses, she had GFCI in her lavatory. There was also a GFCI on her porch. She tripped the outlet in her lavatory and it never reset. I was attempting to replace it for her, but discovered there was no power all the way back. I was up in her attic trying to run it down. I never was able to.
My dad, wanting to use his weed whacker plugged it into the porch and reset the breaker. Unbeknownst to Mother or me, and all at once, it was working again. No LED on these, because you know, the electric company wasn't THAT greedy or hadn't figured out how to charge us for an outlet we weren't using yet. I don't remember how it came about, but my Dad mentioned something about having to reset it, and then after he did, the lavatory outlet was working again. I opened it up and sure enough, some idiot had run the wires downstream, that landed in the lavatory, and put a GFCI in the lavatory AND wired it to the "protected" side on the porch. It was a good year before we ran that down and even planned on getting an electrician. But Chase Manhattan was threatening to make us homeless, so we never got that far. The house was sold not long after, so I left a note for the next homeowner. I didn't open up her wiring just because I didn't get that far yet.
I have four circuit breakers that have gfi's built in. None of the gfi's will test. Two of the four circuit breakers feel very soft like they won't reset. I had my granddaughter and I unplugged everything we can pick it up in those rooms. Check for GFI is inside also still nothing
Came here for a small problem, but I learned so much
omg, you are such a lifesaver..my friend let us stay the weekend at her beach house which has older wiring and when I turned on the microwave it tripped the breaker and stopped power to three separate outlets including the fridge…I panicked as I felt horrible knowing such a nice gesture lead to me feeling like I messed up something in her home. This video helped me troubleshoot it and fix the problem…the breaker was indeed red and one flip of the switch fixed everything. Thnx so much!
I don't know what I have my 200 Amp was installed 2018 no problems turned on a small window air conditioner I heard Lil snap my other receptacle went out in room I couldn't find which breaker they all looked fine I reset them all .still no power in room I don't have any gfci in the room
Thanks for the video. I have 3 outlets in my kitchen that stopped working. I checked the breakers and it was good. I replaced the GFCI and still no electricity coming. What could be other reason?
Thanks, very helpful. There was GFCI under my sink that i did not know controlled a few additional outlets, resetting it did the trick to fix the other outlets. Saved my a call to the electrician.
Thanks a lot buddy my switch was in the mid position in the breaker box, switched it off to on , and BAM!!! . Thanks you Sir..
Don't always assume, I just installed 3 GFCI's in an older Kitchen that were all counter top plugs on different Breakers.
Should all my circuits fit evenly in the box, several are like crooked, like they are too big. Also, nothing was written inside the door on the list. Can't afford to have anyone come look at it. Lost power to a few outlets upstairs, a guest plugged in a space heater and tripped the circuit. We did a reset and turned it back on. But still no power. Looks like old knob and tube in the crawl space. Could there be an old in-line fuse? Lost power to the furnace once took forever to find the in-line fuse in between the floor joists in the basement. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
One of my standard outlet went out and I checked the power (Wire) to the receptacle, and it had no power. I decided to replace it with a GFCI receptacle and still the same thing. It has only two wires + ground. There are two other outlets in the same line which I have them as GFCI and they power off when I turn off the circuit breaker and power on, they even reset at the reset button okay. Am I missing something?