Here it is. I have my living room and daughter's room on 1 circuit. Last weekend my tv and cable box started going haywire. I found that this would only happen when something that used a heavy load such as the microwave or coffee pot were on. Not too long after that the water heater quit. Every time I turned the breaker off to the water heater everything in the living room would lose power. I was told that the ground for the water heater might be bad so I unwired and pulled out the breaker to it. Now I have no power to the living room at all. Can someone please point me in the right direction to fix this?
2006-07-25 00:26:18 · 5 answers · asked by The Bat 3 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Other - Electronics
Sounds like you have a bad breaker box. When I had problems in my house I replaced the breaker box and reset all the wires going into the box to their own switch. But I can tell you that it is not an easy job, I had to get a friend to help me that knew a lot about this, cause if you do it wrong you can cause more problems. I bought a breaker tester and after I unwired all the wires from the box I set each one to the tester first and labeled were they went on in the house, then I connected them to the new breaker box. When I started a lot of the rooms were on one breaker, but when I finished I placed each room on it's own, except teh dinning room I kept with the kitchen.
2006-07-25 00:37:46 · answer #1 · answered by Artistic Prof. 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hire a qualified Wiring Technician to repair the problem before you burn the house down.
Please I'm not trying to be funny, THOUSANDS of houses burn down each year because of poor or old wiring. It's impossiable to give GOOD advice with out seeing the wires themselves.
Your house may be a little older and not able to handle the "Modern" loads you are trying to run.
2006-07-25 07:35:21 · answer #2 · answered by space_man_stitch 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The water-heater has got to go. The new one should be on a different circuit. You overload and that's bad for most equipment.
2006-07-25 07:30:52 · answer #3 · answered by Puppy Zwolle 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suggest you hire a qualified electrician (licensed or otherwise) to repair your wiring.
Faulty electrical wiring is a major cause for house fires and improperly wiring your house can result in death for anyone living within.
2006-07-25 07:33:34 · answer #4 · answered by Left the building 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you don't get any help my hubby is good at that and has gone to school for it and work.
He's done our house and lake cottage. Hes not up yet but if you want you can send him a question on his 360 if you go to mine he's under thumper.
2006-07-25 07:41:36 · answer #5 · answered by top momma 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋