electrical problem
#1
07-05-04, 06:28 PM
electrical problem
okay it started when my wife spilt water on a wall socket. Now that socket and two others dont work and three wall switches dont work they are in three different rooms. I replaced the wall socket that got the water with a gfci but still no power. i took one of the wall switches out and put it in another room and it worked. someone please help, dont know anything about electricity other than it bites.
#2
07-05-04, 06:40 PM
Member
The receptacle was probably already GFCI protected and did not need your new GFCI receptacle. You may need to find the upstream GFCI (receptacle or breaker) and reset it. And it's not necessary to replace a receptacle that got water on it--all you need to do is dry it out thoroughly. Once you do both of those, you may want to put the original receptacle back and save the GFCI for another day.
Tell us in what year your house was built.
Tell us in what year your house was built.
#3
07-05-04, 06:46 PM
If the circuit that received the water has a GFCI type breaker in your panel, it probably tripped, and needs to be reset. If it's a plain circuit breaker, it may have tripped as well, but you should have checked that before removing the outlet cover. If no breakers are tripped (or fuses blown, if an older box), then you have a more involved problem, and probably should call an electrician if you don't want to educate yourself in basic electricity. Just my humble opinion...
Sorry John, there wasn't any replies when I started typing this....
Sorry John, there wasn't any replies when I started typing this....
#5
07-05-04, 07:11 PM
Member
I wish I had a nickel for every time somebody said that they had no GFCIs, and then found one later.
Tell us in what year this was built.
Tell us in what year this was built.
#7
07-05-04, 07:27 PM
Member
If it's only ten years old, then it has a minimum of three GFCIs. Send me fifteen cents when you find them all. They could be anywhere, even behind the stack of old magazines in the basement.
