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Burnt outlet / Dead circuit
In article , CJT
wrote:
Matt wrote:
Hello, here's my situation:
In an upstairs bedroom, there was a baseboard heater plugged into one
outlet and, in another outlet, a hair dryer and hair iron. Poof, all
outlets went dead and the holes of the outlet where the heater was
plugged in was scorched and slightly melted.
I replaced the scorched outlet with a new one, but still no outlets in
the room have power. Checking each outlet with a circuit tester
indicates a dead circuit. This is a house I recently moved into and I
don't have experience troubleshooting this kind of problem. I bought a
basic home wiring book by Black and Decker and that got me through
replacing the outlet, but beyond that, my diagnostic skills are
limited.
What other things should I be looking into at this point?
Your help is appreciated,
Matt
Did you flip the circuit breaker back on? :-)
Flip it OFF then ON
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