My uncle bought a bar and I've been helping to fix up a lot of the electric, the other night we were in the kitchen (I work as a cook there too) and the lights, stoves, and everything else electrical except the stereo started turning on and off. It was almost like someone was flipping a master switch that controlled everything, I thought I could hear a clicking form a switch to, though that may have been the stove or somethingturning on and off. It wasn't just the kitchen thuogh, it was at the bar and dining room too. anyone have any ideas it does this? He says it does it every now and then.
2007-05-17 05:40:01 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Might be a defective breaker, have th wiring and breakers checked
2007-05-17 05:48:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
USA I would start by enlisting the services of a licensed electrician. It sounds to me as if there is a loose or broken wire or a loose termination or splice somewhere.
This problem can lead to something very serious and possibly hazardous.
It takes a methodical time-consuming approach to start at the panel, and work your way to the end of the circuits to find where the problem is. An experienced licensed electrician will know where to start, and how to proceed.
If you are not very familiar with electricity, I strongly advise against having anyone except a licensed electrician even look at this situation.
2007-05-17 20:52:53 · answer #2 · answered by Dave 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its obvious that you have a power panel problem. Lites, stoves, etc . have to be fed from individual breakers from a panel. Sounds like a loose neutral feeder wire somewhere at the panel . Commercial kitchens are bad for that. Lots of amperage (current) being used on a continuous basis.
It could also be something with the incoming power from outside...No jack-legging this time, you will have to call a licensed electrician....
I have also seen shunt-trip breakers go bad. They are meant to trip during a fire situation under the exhaust hood. But i doubt your bar circuits are wired thru them...
2007-05-17 15:40:39 · answer #3 · answered by backyard_tire_biter 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would first check and see if you have aluminum wiring or if it was pigtailed with copper wire at the circuit breakers or outlets. As AL heats up it will eventually gap between the screw and the wire. They stopped using this wire in residencial work due to the risk of fires once the gaps got big enough. There are ways of changing this but I would use a pro. You don't need to change out your wiring, but you do need to change things at the box and on the plugs/switches.
Another is differening wire guages spliced together. If you have this situtation the wire hooked to your breaker may be 12 while the wire melting in your wall could be 14. What happens is that the breaker doesn't trip. Another fire risk.
The easiest answer might be that you either need to retighten your wire connections.
2007-05-17 14:25:27 · answer #4 · answered by Kent 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, since it was coming back ON, it wasn't a circuit breaker or fuse!! Strange... I would need to know if everything except stereo is on one circuit...
This sounds VERY dangerous, and I'd advise getting an electrician in !! You may be overloading a circuit (stove, lights, etc) and that could cause a fire !!
The clicking could be arcing :-?
2007-05-17 12:52:22 · answer #5 · answered by mariner31 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be a power surge. You power company might be having problems.
2007-05-19 09:50:09 · answer #6 · answered by Lee T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call an electrician!
2007-05-18 08:53:14 · answer #7 · answered by itsmyitch 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋