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Leslie K Leslie K is offline
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Default Strange fuse problem

On Jul 23, 4:19 pm, mm wrote:

Do you think you might have gotten a lot of water in an
outlet/receptacle?

Definitely not in an outlet/receptacle, but there was steam going into
the stove (I was cleaning the knobs).

Is this a screw-in glass and metal fuse? or something shaped like
such a fuse but with a button in it that you can press to reset?

It's the one with the push button, but when the push button didn't
reset, I used a screw in glass and metal. Neither one has worked. I
then tried another push button that didn't work - but does work when I
put it in another spot on the fusebox (Sorry - I don't know the name
for the place where you screw the fuse in).

Any chance you blew the second fuse too? Do you have a volt-ohm
meter? You could unscrew the fuse and use it to see if the fuse is
good.

I do have a volt meter, but since it worked in another spot, I know I
didn't blow it.

Electric stove or gas? If electric, it's not on the same circuit as
your outlets.

It is gas.

Anything else plugged into those outlets? One of them could be
causing a problem, or worst case, maybe there is a coincidental
problem in the wiring.

I'll unplug everything and try again - it's worth a shot!

How long since the steam cleaning? Maybe things have dried out by
now.

Again worth a shot - thanks for the suggestions!