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08-06-2024, 10:51 AM | #31 |
Fight, build, win!
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: KC
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Those GFI outlets do have a shelf life. My guess is it reached the end of life.
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08-06-2024, 11:09 AM | #32 |
Here We Go Again
Join Date: May 2002
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Flip the circuit breaker for that area, swap in a new GFI and see if you still have the problem when you turn the circuit back on.
If you do, call an electrician. |
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08-06-2024, 11:53 AM | #33 |
MVP
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Liberty, MO
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08-06-2024, 11:54 AM | #34 |
It was not a fair catch
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Correcting papers
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OK, all good now.
Weird, but, I turned on a light in the kitchen and it did not turn on. Totally different circuit and place in the house. A different outdoor plug , on the back of the house, did not have power. Got out my plug tester and nothing on the new porch-other side of the house, had power. Unplug everything there-small fridge, tv, speaker. Hit the GFI again, and it does not trip. No circuits ever tripped. Had to be water in a connection in the screened in porch. So I will be getting a better waterproof cover for that plug in the porch. Everything is drying out. But, it is like we have a GFI that can trip if something else does not. It has tripped other times in the house, but usually when the electricity has a surge or a quick off/on. Thanks for your help. At least I do not have to call an electrician. |
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08-06-2024, 12:06 PM | #35 |
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Join Date: Jan 2012
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Last week I had a power cord running out to my driveway to trickle charge a boat battery overnight. I went out the next morning and the battery was charged. Disconnected the charger from the battery and then disconnected the charger from the extension cord. Walked back to the garage and began coiling the extension cord in place. The cord got hung up a bit on some river rock I have near a planter bed and I tugged it a little and suddenly it looked like my river rocks were on fire. I quickly disconnected the cord from the wall in my garage and found that the wires inside the plug touched when I tugged on it melting the female head. Ive always respected electricity but I just got a hair raising reminder to pay closer attention to things.
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08-06-2024, 12:46 PM | #36 | |
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Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Texarkana, Texas
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