Trouble With Outlet Receptacles Out Of Power, Only Half a Room
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- GFCI outlet trips breaker sometimes when overloaded, but not all the time. Swtches, outlets, quick wire and overloading. GFCI can wear out faster than a regular outlet. If you have to reset the button often, the GFCI outlet isn’t adjusting correctly to the electrical current variations properly. Replace it.
One cause may be the black and white wire contact the bare ground. An ohmmeter will tell you if there is a leak in the circuit.
Also, the wire connections of the outlet may not be firmly connected where it joins the rest of the outlets in the house. A multimeter or an electrical contractor will need to test the outlet.
Dead Outlets
If there is no power to the outlet no matter what you try to plug in, check the main breaker panel for a tripped breaker. Shut off the breaker completely, reset, and see if it’s working.
Tripping means that an overload has affected the circuit. Sometimes the cause is a loose wire in the electrical box of the outlet.
Check the other outlets in the home, too, to see if there may be a short or overload from one of them. Check the connections to the outlet. Any loose connection will create extra heat that can lead to outlet damage, electric shock, or even a fire.
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Great post Mr Hardware.
After discovering a critical burn out in one of our wall receptacles. We have been replacing all of them room by room with GFCI and AFCI. Perhaps over kill but after viewing that near fire in the wall. I say an ounce of prevention is worth much more than a pound of cure.
Lord bless.
We are more than glad to be of service, these are easy things we see and do daily and feel the need to share it. Thanks and God bless to you, Blair
You helped me too! Thank you for this video. My issue ended up being a gfi outlet in another room that was (I'm told) improperly looped so when the breaker tripped, I didn't realize I needed to reset the gfi. I tried it, it worked, I am relieved and thankful!
Our problem involves wall switches for "built-in" lights and an exhaust fan in the master bedroom/bathroom. They were working this morning, and for the past 30 years that we have lived here when the house was new. Suddenly, the fan and three separate lights are not working. I checked, and reset, the circuit breakers. Neither of the GFCI's are tripped, but I tried to reset those also. The outlets in that part of the house are working, so I set up a temporary lamp to light the rooms. After that, I am stumped. None of the lights or fan were turned on at the time, but none of them work now. Signed, Sad in Portland, OR.
I bet the bad connection is in a receptacle feeding your bathroom. You may need an electrician to find the location.
Thank you!
I didn't know what to do until I stumbled across this video. I had the exact problem that was being discussed. I went to the last outlet that was working, found a loose wire that came loose from the "speed" connection, fixed the wire and like magic, the power was back on. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with the world!
Great video brother!!
good to see you are still helping me fix things....your tall friend from Saginaw
Tall and ugly? Let me think.... Good to hear from you. We are doing the backstroke with the high water levels but all are healthy. Nothing else matters.... Take care
I bought a house recently built 10 years ago. It's a big custom home well built. Every single gfi in the house is tripped about once a day. Bathrooms, kitchen, garage. They don't trip at the same time but they randomly trip themselves. Even just with a phone charger plugged in.Any idea what I can do?
I would have the Electric company check the neutral leg of the power feeding your house. Then if needed have an electrician check and tighten every wire in your electric panel. A bad neutral is often a common cause
@@blairgilbert7606 ok thank you!
Thanks for the very good lesson, but please, keep what ever is in your hands stationary. The wires and plug were just a blur to me.
I know this video is over a year old, but I am currently having this issue with only a single wall in my living room. However, my living room light switches are also dead along with the two outlets on the perpendicular wall. The rest of the living room is fine. Everything I have found says that light switches and outlets should not be linked like this. Any advice or recommendations would be appreciated.
Often the power to the lights could come from a receptacle, other times the power the receptacle comes from a light feed. Your power loss could be a ceiling fixture was messed with and a wire was left unconnected.
Outlets should be on a pigtail, that's the only way to go. It'll save you a lot of grief.