Blew a fuse in my house, tried reseting the fuses and still nothing.?

Question

Please forgive me as I hardly have any home electrical experience. My sister plugged in a fan heater in her room and it blew a fuse, I went down and reset them by switching all of them off and on and still nothing. I turned off power to the house and turned it back on and still nothing. Any thing I can try that might help? Only certian appliances and lights work in the house, I am guessing that they are on different circuits. Thanks

I had someone come over and the problem is now fixed. I truley appreciate all of your helpful answers. Thanks and have a great new year.

Answer 1

Appears you did all one would normally do to reset a circuit breaker.
IT didn't work -- circuit breaker must be blown.
Replacement will be required.
Have someone with more "electrical experience" change-out/replace circuit breaker AS you can put yourself in a potential dangerous situation uninitiated, and working on high voltage.

Lights are usually on a separate circuit than are outlets.
You should likely have all your lights still available.
I note this, as if it not the case, you might have other issues, or just poor wiring technique by a previous DIY'r.

Given other outlets are working, yet some outlets are not, including the one the heater was previously plugged into, then, yes, those outlets are on a separate circuit.

Electrical space heaters are electrical hogs, they need the circuit almost entirely to themselves. Therefore, no microwaves, Fridge, hair dryer, etc., should share the same circuit, or you run the same risk.

Answer 2

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Blowing the whole house breaker, the mains breaker? Dude, that's a wiring problem. Give us more info. What EXACTLY is it blowing? I'll take a stab at it though, with all the weird electrical questions around here lately, I'd say you have a 110V leg wired direct to the bus and you are getting a periodic dead short.----No this is not the answer, but we need more info. On top of that, do you have fuses or breakers? You say fuses, is that what you really mean? ----------------- Alright. Blowing 20A breaker, 120V, works fine on start up. Well, by logic there are only a few things that are different between the just started state and the cycle state: the tank has pressure in it, more heat is in the system from both electrical and mechanical sources, and the armature is in a different place along the continuum. The cause is either a weirdo dead short (not likely) or an over-current. So what would cause this over-current after normal operation? Well, the Craftsman 30 gallon compressor has a 6 hp motor on it. 6 hp = @4476 watts (assuming 100% motor efficiency which is impossible). At 120V potential difference, that's a load of 37.3 amps. OK, now we have a new question. Why is the damn thing coming on at all without blowing the breaker? 37.3>20. No way of getting around it. The weird part isn't the fact that it blows the breaker when it tries to cycle, but that it DOESN'T blow it when it starts. You have that sucker on the wrong breaker and I bet your wiring isn't up to snuff. I think that your breaker is just a little messed up (allowing a bit more than 20A of current flow before popping...17.3A more, to be exact) and the wire is heating up during the start cycle causing a measurable voltage drop significant enough to keep it from ever cycling unless allowed to cool off and rectify the temperature/voltage drop problem and return to initial state.

Answer 3

Blew A Fuse

Answer 4

I assume that you have circuit breakers - no way to reset a
fuse. When you reset a breaker, make sure you turn it all the way
off and then back on, otherwise it wont set. If other stuff is not
working, then you have probably overloaded the circuit and the
breaker will keep tripping. If that doesnt resolve the problem,
better get somebody with a little experiance to check the breakers
with a volt meter. If they all check good, then you may have
burned the wall plug or the cord. Unplug all other stuff on that
circuit and see if that helps.

Answer 5

Blown Fuse

Answer 6

you need to map and label your fuses. you can buy a simple device at the hardware store to do this. Once you have determine the actual fuse in question will you know if it is deective or you have a wiring or outlet problem

Answer 7

It sounds like the breaker or fuse location burned out and needs replacing.

Answer 8

When a fuse blows you need to replace it. Take the blown one to the hardware store and get the same size. Hope it works for you.

Answer 9

Try And change the circut breaker make sure its the same amp.Hope this helps