Art Todesco wrote:
Mike rock wrote:
On Aug 10, 2:57 am, Higgs Boson wrote:
I posted this already (I thought) but can't find. Here goes again.

One electrical circuit has gone out, comprising four outlets.
Typical So. Calif stucco house.

I checked the breaker covering that circuit but it didn't help.

Meantime I am working around by using other outlets (no, I am
not overloading), but would like to fix that circuit if I can
afford it (little low in the wallet right now).

Anybody have a clue what this might run (Los Angeles
prices).

Also, curious why a circuit would just go out like that.
No rain (wish we had some!); no apparent cause.
Anybody?

TIA

Have you checked any GFI's to see if it tripped? It could have killed
your outlets downstream.
Checking GFIs is a good idea. I am presently living in a motor home until
my house is finished (it actually is, but we're moving things in
slowly). The
other day a storm went through. We were laying across the bed in the RV
and about a half hour later we came into the main room and noticed the
computer and TV circuit were both dead. Check breakers, all ok. Started
opening outlets and then I noticed the kitchen GFI. It wasn't tripped.
So I
went on tracing. Then I got this idea, there is a GFI in the bathroom.
It was
tripped. Resetting it restored power to the entertainment system and the
computer. Why would they put the entertainment system in the front of the
RV on the GFI in the bathroom .... just plain crazy, but that's the way it
is. There are other outlets in the same area that are not on any GFI,
only on
the breaker. I'll rewire it someday. If I would have checked the GFIs 1st,
I would have saved a whole bunch of time tearing into tightly packed RV
outlets.

I had a GFI breaker that would trip every time lightning struck within
50 miles. If I heard the faintest rumble of thunder I was ready to
reset it. No other GFI's in the house would trip unless the power lines
got zapped and the electric was going on and off. I replaced it with a
regular breaker and installed a duplex GFI outlet. I don't know why a
GFI breaker was used anyway since they cost more, and a duplex outlet
was the first thing in the circuit.

At a friends house while making room for a sliding door, he tore apart
some wiring and didn't know how to put it back together. I was greeted
by 5 or so romex wires and none of them were labeled. Slowly I figured
it out but I had one wire that had me baffled for a little while. It
turned out to be the feed for the outside outlet. I finally realized
that the feed came from a bathroom up one floor and in the front of the
house and yes, the GFI was tripped.