Blown Breaker
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I was replacing a outlet in my kitchen and one of the screws on the outlet hit the side of the box and tripped the breaker... so no problem..
I replaced the outlet, reset the breaker and now no power to that outlet and the one above it.
everything else in the house seems fine..
What should I check next?
I replaced the outlet, reset the breaker and now no power to that outlet and the one above it.
everything else in the house seems fine..
What should I check next?
Last edited by takaya49; 12-11-13 at 04:28 PM.
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My electrical detector shows power
Kitchen here is the keyword. Almost certainly you have a tripped GFCI. It is probably in the kitchen but could be almost anywhere.
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But the GFCI could be in the bathroom or basement or garage or outside or behind something that hasn't been moved in years. How old is the house? When was the wiring last updated?
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In Canada the receptacles in the kitchen were split wired across two circuits as I understand it. Are you sure both breakers are on?
A GFI cannot be split wired on two circuits.
A GFI cannot be split wired on two circuits.
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yes, ive checked all breakers and confirm they are on...
I replaced the outlet, reset the breaker and now no power to that outlet and the one above it.
I was replacing a outlet in my kitchen and...
I... reset the breaker and now no power to that outlet and the one above it.
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Kitchen here is the keyword. Almost certainly you have a tripped GFCI. It is probably in the kitchen but could be almost anywhere.
Kitchens are generally a 15A split plug (especially older houses) or two GFCI protected 20A outlets. I have yet to see a house with a GFCI installed somewhere other than the kitchen, yet protecting the kitchen.
OP, Do what Ray said and get a multimeter to check for voltage. And I'm going to side with Nash on this one.
You probably have a split plug, and it probably isn't on a two pole breaker. So you may be looking for two separate breakers (or two pole if it is on one). Turn it off, then back on. As Nash was saying, sometimes breakers trip internally but the handle doesn't move.
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Your Yankee custom of a GFCI in the garage feeding bathroom receptacles blows my mind
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My house was built in 1987 and has the two requisite small appliance branch circuits supplied from GFCI circuit breakers. The two bathrooms each had one duplex receptacle, daisy-chained from the lone duplex receptacle in the garage all wired with #14. The garage receptacle had a GFCI receptacle with a four-plex expander plugged in and the back bathroom continued on to the sole outside receptacle on the deck.
When I used my GFCI tester in the bathroom it caused the circuit to trip and then I spent the next hour looking for the hidden GFCI. Once I found it I proceeded to replace the individual receptacle in both bathrooms with GFCI receptacles, being sure to wire the continuation from the front bathroom to the back bathroom to the incoming (line) terminals so as to create individual GFCI protected receptacles. The outside receptacle is connected to the load terminals on the back bathroom's GFCI receptacle. In the garage I eliminated the receptacle on this circuit and installed three new GFCI-protected receptacle circuits. I still need to run new 20 ampere circuits to the bathrooms and the outside receptacle and then abandon the original 15 ampere circuit.
I personally do not use any high-wattage devices on the bathroom receptacles and I rarely use the outside receptacle so I have made the retrofit a (very) low priority but someday...
When I used my GFCI tester in the bathroom it caused the circuit to trip and then I spent the next hour looking for the hidden GFCI. Once I found it I proceeded to replace the individual receptacle in both bathrooms with GFCI receptacles, being sure to wire the continuation from the front bathroom to the back bathroom to the incoming (line) terminals so as to create individual GFCI protected receptacles. The outside receptacle is connected to the load terminals on the back bathroom's GFCI receptacle. In the garage I eliminated the receptacle on this circuit and installed three new GFCI-protected receptacle circuits. I still need to run new 20 ampere circuits to the bathrooms and the outside receptacle and then abandon the original 15 ampere circuit.
I personally do not use any high-wattage devices on the bathroom receptacles and I rarely use the outside receptacle so I have made the retrofit a (very) low priority but someday...