I have a large two car unattatched garage on an alley that has lost all power, no lights, outlets, or garage door opener working. Yes I checked the breakers and their all fine I even went through and reset them all anyway. Still no power in the garage the rest of the house is fine. What else should I be looking for or checking?
2007-03-16 16:20:13 · 11 answers · asked by 4eagles 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
the breakers are in the house no other garages without power and gfci's are all fine
2007-03-16 16:34:07 · update #1
We have had that same problem. First off, start with the easiest thing of course. Check with the connection coming through the ground to the garage power source. You may have a loose line or ground that could be the problem and dangerous cause it could start a fire also. Or your switch itself that comes up into the garage. If that all looks fine, check the power lines going to your breaker. But be careful and be sure to turn off that main switch cause that high voltage. If they all seem fine, think back....Have you dug up your yard anywhere around your house or garage. cause the power lines are suppose to be at least 9 inches under ground and protected in some sort of conduit....For safety. But over the years it may have rusted through and lost its connection. THAT is the LAST thing you want to do though cause you may have to dig your ground up. Possible, to test...find the breaker to an outside light in your back yard. Connect a UL certifies wire to it, which I believe is an 8 gauge. Run THAT to the garage just to test, if it in fact IS the cable to the garage thats bad. Make certain it the qualifies wire for that purpose. And again, be sure the power is OFF when you connect it cause there IS very high voltage there. If the power comes on that will tell you it is the underground cable or your switch on the other end. You might want to consult an electrician or someone who knows more. cause I wouldn't want to hear you fried....Be careful....Or have someone qualified check it for you.
2007-03-24 10:41:11 · answer #1 · answered by Your Asking Me? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would get a voltage tester and test the power lines feeding the garage at the breakers.... if I had power there.... I would find where the lines come into the garage and test the voltage there...if there is power coming into garage at this point check every plugin connection...most likely if you have power coming into your garage you just have a bad connection somewhere...if you have power at the breaker and no power in the garage after checking lines that feed garage it is possible that something broke a wire into without knocking breaker or causing a short
2007-03-23 11:58:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The wire probably comes into the garage under ground and then to a junction box or your fist outlet. Shut the power remove the junction box or out let cover. Check for a break in the wire. If nothing is vi sable turn the power back on and see if you have voltage there. If there is no voltage follow the wire back into the house and see if there is another junction or splice in the wire. Repeat the above. If you don't get a reading the wire could be opened under ground.
2007-03-24 13:42:18 · answer #3 · answered by Dave G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are there overhead wires to the garage that might be down? Are their neighbors' garages in the same alley that have also lost power? Were the breakers you checked in the garage or in your house?
Get back to us with more detail added to your question.
2007-03-16 16:25:41 · answer #4 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hate answering a question with a question...
Do you have power feeding into the garage (before it goes through circuit breakers?)
Does this garage feed off the power panel in your house?(mine is connected to a 60 amp feed from my main box). It's possible that breaker has tripped.
My advice is to start at the power panel in the garage and start tracing backwards toward the source.
2007-03-16 16:36:16 · answer #5 · answered by I am, I said 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you have any GFI circuits that could be tripped? There should be one by each sink in the house and sometimes houses are wired so strangely that it could have tripped the power to your garage. This happened to us one time - the GFI was somehow pushed in our upstairs bathroom, and it affected the plug on the front of our house...go figure.
2007-03-16 16:26:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your power from the house is undeground, you have either a spring thaw leak in the conduit, or a broken connection at a terminal...either at the source, or in the garage.
2007-03-18 01:08:54 · answer #7 · answered by yankgonebrit 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
did you check to make sure that the lines from the house to the garage are okay?
2007-03-23 07:42:37 · answer #8 · answered by sweetie pie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go back to the box, throw the main switch, and check wire connections. If you still can't find the problem, call an electrician.
2007-03-24 11:01:16 · answer #9 · answered by Jackolantern 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just get your multimeter out, set it to AC, measure AFTER the breaker coming out of your house, and measure at the entrance of the garage, come on now...
2007-03-20 17:52:36 · answer #10 · answered by mrdecember1983 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋