Electricity went out in kitchen. Lights work, but outlets do not.. What should I do? We had just bought a little conventional oven for the kitchen so we can bake chicken. Today I had some chicken baking in the little oven and when I came back to check up on it, it was off. I noticed that our rice cooker wasn't powered on either, come to find out, none of the appliances that required power outlets were not working. Including the refridgerator!!! In our other rooms, everything works fine, the outlets are working. It's just the ones in the kitchen, does anyone know what happened?? And what should I do to fix this? Is it something with the circuit breaker? We turned it off and turned it back on but its still not working.... I reset and tested all the outlets, but nothing is working.In the electrical panel, how would you know which breaker is out? Is there something on the breakers that shows which one is blown out or do you have to check them one by one?
2006-10-15 06:39:21 · 11 answers · asked by preshusQD 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
in our circuit breaker box, the breaker that's blown shows red and is flipped the other way from all the other ones. flip the switch back the other way and you should get power to your outlets. if that doesn't work, call an electrician!
2006-10-15 06:42:17 · answer #1 · answered by nkettler03 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Norbert is on it, but I would suggest that you disconnect, unplug, everything that is on the circuit. You can check for a tripped breaker by looking at the position of the switches. Sometimes they will flip a little to the right, others will flip a little to the left, depends on what type of breakers you have.
After checking that and locating the breaker, turn it off and then turn it back on. Plug a 60 watt lamp into the wall, if it is on, the circuit is live.
The next thing, and possibly the most important, is to find out the amp load of the breaker and the new oven. If it is drawing more that what the breaker shows it is rated for, it will just trip again.
I would suggest that you put in a dedicated circuit rated just at or a little above the amp rating on the oven. By dedicated breaker, that means one breaker for a new plug that you are going to have to install. i.e, I once sold a projector that required 50 amps to start, then when it was running, it drew about 40 amps. A 40 amp breaker would trip immediately when it was turned on, a 60 amp breaker was what it needed.
You oven manual should tell you the amp rating or, if it only tells you watts, there is a formula to transfer that to amps.
2006-10-15 06:56:28 · answer #2 · answered by Polyhistor 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think in your case, first thing to do is unplug ALL your appliances in your kitchen. THEN - plug ONE in ( after you turn on all your circuit breakers) and if the circuit breaker stays on, plug another appliance in. If circuit breakers are still on, plug another appliance in, - and so on. If you plug an appliance in and the circuit breaker goes off, then you have too many appliances plugged in. OR the largest appliance may be the one that's causing the "burnout". Also, see what size your panel is. Most homes today have a 200 AMP CIRCUIT SYSTEM that will cover everything that you use. If what I mentioned above doesn't seem to work, don't fool around with electric. Call in a certified and licensed electrician to survey your problem. Have the electrician check to see that none of your appliances have a short in the wiring. Could be!
2006-10-15 06:58:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I had a similar problem with lighting fixtures and wiring at home and have not solved it even after many checks by electricians for wrong wiring, current leakage, etc. My last resort is to check the polarity of the wiring, even though it should not have mattered for AC current. There's some kind of backflow of current when the light switch is turned off which triggered the circuit breaker trip. I'll be tracking your question to see if someone has a better answer or a solution. Cheers.
2016-05-22 04:17:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All the above answers are very good but they forgot one simple little detail!!! In the kitchen you will have a special outlet that looks a little different than the others. Its called a GFI outlet. On a GFI outlet it has two buttons push the reset button and your power will come back on. These GFI are used any place around water for extra safety. It sounds like it was just over loaded and tripped. What did concern me though you said your refrigerator did not work, this should be wired on its own circuit. This would be easy and quick to do but should be done by a certified electrician.
Good luck
2006-10-15 07:42:40 · answer #5 · answered by padidvr2003 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If it is a thrown breaker, just go to the breaker box and look for a switch that feels "loose" like a kid's loose tooth. Push it back to the left (all the way) then switch it back to the right. This resets and then reconnects the breaker. Outlets should work after that.
If no breaker "seems" loose, then switch them all one by one, and see if that fixes it. (you'll have to reset clocks and such...)
Other than that, if the problem persists, it may be a short n the wall somewhere, which is dangerous and needs an electrician to fix.
2006-10-15 06:50:24 · answer #6 · answered by chocolahoma 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Preshus: what you must do is go out side and open the Junction
box find the circut breaker see if it's blown look on the pannel
inside pull the circut breaker out carefully replace it then turn it back on with the swtich pointing upwards last close the box's lid
tight that is all!
2006-10-15 06:57:45 · answer #7 · answered by toddk57@sbcglobal.net 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
standing at breaker box look at them ALL.. all should be switched all in one direction like a light switch.....if one is tripped, it will NOT be like the others...and usually will look like its in a middle position....and to reset it, push it COMPLETELY the opposite way as the others are to the OFF position, then it will reset, and you can then push it on......if you try to simply reset it by pushing it ON, it wont reset! YOU MUST push it completely to the off spot then turn it on,, however IF it trips immediately again when you reset it, call someone who knows what todo! Or unplug everything and see if it resets then. If it does, plug inonething at a time till you find the problem, or you realize you;ve overloaded the circuit amp rating
2006-10-15 08:08:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of the previous answers were pretty good, but a refrigerator
does not need to be on its own circuit and only pulls a few amps
2006-10-15 07:57:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you have a gfi outlet in the kitchen [as u should] that outlet protects other outlets behind it see if the red buttom is popped .also.the kitchen circut will be 20 amp circut if its a newer house so forget any other circut .but i don't think it is a breaker
2006-10-15 07:55:45 · answer #10 · answered by ata31254 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋