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Default Electrical Outlets Seem to be Blown but not the Fuse


"Jeffy3" wrote in message
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I am not at home but my wife called today, said when using wet/dry vac
in our basement the outlet seemed to blow as the vac stopped working.
She also said that two other outlets in the basement aren't working
now. None of them are GFI outlets. The weird thing is that no fuse
was blown (we don't yet have circuit breakers, still have a fuse
box). In fact, the outlets are on the same fuse as the ceiling lights
and they are working just fine. Is it possible to blow out a series
of electric outlets? I will be calling an electrician tomorrow but
like to be somewhat knowledgeable when dealing with repair guys so I
don't get taken !


Outlets and lighting circuits are daisy chained together. Sometimes a heavy
load, like a vacuum causes a weak link, either at an outlet or in a junction
box, to come loose, killing part of the circuit. It's an easy fix, once the
"open circuit" is located. Just give the electrician the details of what
happen, and he should find and repair it in a short time