In a house, a line of lights and power went out. Not all lights and power. The house has the flip fuse type, but when we flip them off then on, nothing happens. We even tried the main fuse switch. what do you do in this situation? You can't replace them like the screw kind it seems. Help! thanks.
2007-11-17 13:26:39 · 4 answers · asked by Susan 5 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
I think what caused it was running a space heater and microwave oven together, I guess on the same circuit. And lights were on. I had not done the space heater and microwave together before.
2007-11-17 14:09:11 · update #1
You have to turn it all the way off before you turn it back on. A circuit breaker has three positions, not two like a light switch. It can be on, off or tripped (in the middle). If it's in the middle, you have to turn it off first.
If whatever tripped the breaker is eliminated, it should be 'hard' to reset. If it goes to the on position very easily, you still have a short (whatever tripped it), or the breaker is bad. Only an electrician should replace it if you don't know what you're doing.
2007-11-17 13:38:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
If youve reset the all the breakers, without getting the power back on... I'd look and see if the microwave was plugged into a GFCI outlet. There'll be a couple of small buttons on the face of the outlet... "Test" and "Reset". Push in the "Reset", and the power should be back on, if it had been tripped. (Sometimes a plug can keep you from seeing if the "Reset" button has popped out, so you may need to unplug all wires from the outlet first.)
Typically, you do not want to run a Microwave with anything else on the same circuit. Space heaters draw quite a bit of power... do not use them on circuits with other heavy draw appliances, like the microwave, refrigerator, etc... and certainly do not use a thin extension cord.
Good Luck
2007-11-18 01:42:26 · answer #2 · answered by thewrangler_sw 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Follow the previous post about resetting circuit breakers; You should forget about running the space heater and the microwave on the same branch circuit, though. Either appliance alone is enough for most circuits to handle.
2007-11-18 00:36:19 · answer #3 · answered by Paul L 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Forget fuses, you have circuit breakers. " line and lights went out" Why? Have you added something recently? Disconnect every thing on that circuit then reconnect one at a time until the breaker trips. You are trying to isolate the circuit.
2007-11-17 21:54:41 · answer #4 · answered by sjwhvac 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋