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dead wall plugs suddenly tenplay 05-30-2006
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Posted by tenplay on May 30, 2006, 2:10 pm
Our electrical wall plugs went dead suddenly when the roofing crew tried
to run its equipment off of our outside plug. Do we have to call in an
electrician? All of the switches in the circuit box are on. And
pressing the reset button in the electrical plug unit in the downstairs
bathroom doesn't have any effect. Thanks for any advice.

Posted by RayV on May 30, 2006, 2:16 pm
Try resetting the breakers by shutting them off then turning them back
on. Some breakers don't give a clear indication that they have
tripped.

If you reset all of the breakers and run *all* of the GFCI outlets in
the house through the test/reset cycle and still nothing, then you
should probably call an electrician.


Posted by tenplay on May 30, 2006, 2:25 pm
tenplay wrote:
> Our electrical wall plugs went dead suddenly when the roofing crew tried
> to run its equipment off of our outside plug. Do we have to call in an
> electrician? All of the switches in the circuit box are on. And
> pressing the reset button in the electrical plug unit in the downstairs
> bathroom doesn't have any effect. Thanks for any advice.

I tried turning the circuit breakers off and on without success. Then I
tried pushing the reset button of the GFCI box but the reset button
would not stay pushed in. Finally I went outside and unplugged the
equipment that the roofers had plugged into an outside box. Then I was
able to push in the GFCI reset button and now all of the wall plugs
work. Can anyone explain what was causing the circuit break? Thanks.

Posted by RayV on May 30, 2006, 2:36 pm
Since you unplugged their equipment and the problem is now fixed,...
I'm just guessing here but maybe, and this is a big maybe, the problem
was with their equipment.


Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on May 30, 2006, 3:07 pm

> Finally I went outside and unplugged the equipment that the roofers had
> plugged into an outside box. Then I was able to push in the GFCI reset
> button and now all of the wall plugs work. Can anyone explain what was
> causing the circuit break? Thanks.

Their equipment has a bad ground or short.



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