I noticed it was getting hot in the house today, and went to check the thermostat, only to find that none of the lights in the house work. (Overhead, connected to a wall switch, even the one in the hood of the oven)
Apparently, the thermostat is tied to this and so the air hasn't come on for who knows how long.
I checked the fusebox, and none of them were in the OFF position, but just to be sure, I reset everyone of them. (Turning them OFF and then back ON) Still nothing.
Anyone know what the problem is, and what needs to be done to fix it?
2006-09-22 08:38:32 · 5 answers · asked by MysticTortoise 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
joem: Everything else is working fine, I'm on the computer now, I've got fans going, the refridgerator is still up, I can watch TV everything. It just seems to be this one circuit that's not working.
2006-09-22 08:48:41 · update #1
Do you have any other 230v appliances? Like an electric stove or electric clothes dryer. Is your AC central air. Meaning whole house and not window. If so your dryer tumbles but doesn't get hot and your stove only gets warm. If this is the case then you'll need to call your power company. One leg of your electric service is out. Could be a burned off wire or bad transformer. Your service consists of 3 wires coming into your home from a transformer. 2 insulated and one bare. Between an insulated line and the bare line is 120v and between both insulated lines is 230v. It's called a center tap transformer. If you loose one leg you'll only have 120v available and then only things wired on one side of breaker panel will work. Dryer will tumble because the motor cuircit is 120v but heat element is 230v and needs both legs. same with stove. AC compressor and outside fan will only humm bacause both are 230v. Just coincidence all lights are wired off of the same side of breaker panel.
2006-09-22 11:58:26 · answer #1 · answered by Ibeeware 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, this is going to almost sound like common sense but is the main power to the house off? Did you check the main power switch in the breaker box to see if that's off? If it's on, is the power off in the neighborhood? If you're the only house on the block that is off, then you may want to check to see if the electric company shut the power off on you for some reason. I can't think of any other reason why the power would be off to the house except for those reasons.
Are all the lights in the entire house out or just one? Do you know if that circuit is connected to a GFI outlet that is tripped?
2006-09-22 08:45:39 · answer #2 · answered by joem_1701 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you live in a house or an apartment? Sometimes the lighting in an apartment is controlled by another panel not in your suite (but not very often). That other panel maybe out.
Maybe someone is playing a funny joke on you and went around and unscrewed all your lights just a little bit?? - Actually I never thought of that joke until now.. I'm gonna do that to someone, that's funny!!
2006-09-22 08:47:16 · answer #3 · answered by Brendan R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the lights are out, there's no one home.
2006-09-22 09:08:58 · answer #4 · answered by Master_of_my_own_domain 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
chech light bulbs?:)
2006-09-22 08:55:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋