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Yesterday, 07:39 AM | #2 |
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Burn the house down.
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Yesterday, 07:43 AM | #3 |
legend
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Independence, MO
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On a serious note, it's probably not a more serious issue, I'd try replacing the gfci before calling an electrician, 8 years is old enough it could just have been overloaded at some point causing it to go to shit.
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Yesterday, 07:45 AM | #4 |
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Check all outlets on that circuit for device overload (could be in other rooms, other levels). I assume laundry in that utility room? Sometimes laundry areas get very moist from ldryer vent clogged with lint and moist air not escaping...probably old gfci though or circuit overload.
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Yesterday, 07:49 AM | #5 |
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Yesterday, 07:54 AM | #7 |
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I had 3 inches of rain yesterday
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Yesterday, 08:07 AM | #8 |
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They're easy enough to replace (assuming you can change a light switch) if the GFCI itself is the issue, but there's a good chance it's actually doing its job and there's something else going on. They only cost maybe $20, though, so if you can't figure anything else out, it's probably worth trying a new one before you call an electrician.
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Yesterday, 08:09 AM | #9 |
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Shrooms or acid?
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Yesterday, 08:11 AM | #10 |
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I’m not an electrician…..
However, sometimes those gfi outlets go bad. Just shut the power off at the breaker box to be safe and it’s and easy replacement. If it’s not that, I’ll wager a wire is lose somewhere in that circuit. |
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Yesterday, 08:15 AM | #11 |
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Yesterday, 08:17 AM | #12 |
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outdoor outlets on the same circuit? Had that problem with a bathroom gfci once
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Yesterday, 08:46 AM | #13 |
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Had the same issue. Breaker would trip, but only after rains. Had an outdoor "weatherproof" box that somehow would get wet internally with heavy rains. Replaced that and breaker problem vanished.
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Yesterday, 08:49 AM | #14 |
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Yesterday, 08:59 AM | #15 |
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