I'm kinda lost when it comes to electrical so bare with me....my electrical box is in my garage and whenever a fuse trips, it moves the switch in the box and all I have to do is move the switch back over and whalllah..it's fixed, but no switches are moved and it seems like a "grid" is out in the back of the house....back porch and backyard motion lights do not work....can the actual electrical box that the circuit breakers go into somehow be broken or something? What could it be?
2007-02-21 08:40:45 · 6 answers · asked by john d 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
First it is not normal to routinely have a circuit breaker trip. If it has happened more then a couple of times you need to get an electrician to look at it.
Second, it seems like you must have some power (assuming you are writing the question from your house). So the main breaker to the house is not tripped and your neighborhood is not out.
I would get an electrician to see what is going on. You don't want to take a chance with fire or someone getting shocked. Also, a circuit breaker will degrade if it is tripped too often and may not work correctly it might need to be replaced.
2007-02-21 08:48:46 · answer #1 · answered by MiddleAgeVet 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
These items that have failed will be on a circuit that is fused so check all the fuses that are linked this wiring. There may be a seperate fused switch box that feeds them. It is unlikely that a breaker has failed.
2007-02-21 08:47:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some electrical breakers move very little, make sure you push the breaker all the way to the off position and then back to the on position.
2007-02-21 08:47:45 · answer #3 · answered by bryan s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tripping any fuse is a bad sign for non-safe system. First find out why it has always done like that. Any excess use by any machinery or what?
For a system like what you explained, these items could be wrong, (in the order):
Short circuit by a bad appliance. Fix it or do not use it.
That single fuse is gone bad. Replace that fuse.
wiring connected to that fuse are bad. Be alarmed. Bring in an electrician to repair.
2007-02-21 08:54:47 · answer #4 · answered by hmm97 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's possible that you have ground fault outlet which has a built in breaker. Check the outlets that are out and see if any of them has a reset button.
If you find one outside and it won't reset, it probably got wet. Spray some WD-40 into it to displace the water and try to reset again.
2007-02-21 08:47:40 · answer #5 · answered by Mark B 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
More likely it is a loose wire. Sometimes this will trip the breaker and sometimes it won't.
2007-02-21 08:43:55 · answer #6 · answered by Dharma Nature 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋