I live in an apt complex. I was just vacuuming when all of a sudden, the vacuum and some of the lights went out. I checked the breakers, turned the one on and off and it didn't do anything. I shut them all off, then on (had them off for just a second), still didn't matter. The same lights and my vacuum are still out. We don't have anything else in the plug I was using and I didn't have other things going on while vacuuming. (i.e. Dishwasher, tv, radios were all off). Could there be something wrong with the breaker? This never happened since we've lived here. One thing that popped in my mind is the construction they are doing in the unit below. Could all the electrical tools they are using have blown my fuse? I called the maintenance and am expecting someone to come look at it, but I can't just ask if all the stuff they are working with below me did this.
2007-12-12 07:03:08 · 5 answers · asked by karly 4 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Yes, it could be a bad breaker, but it sounds like they cut power from another part of the building, if you turned the breaker all the way off, then back on, and nothing worked.
Of course, many times you have to turn them off, wait a few minutes then try again, and if it still don't work, then power is not reaching the breaker.
2007-12-12 07:11:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-26 01:33:17 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check for a spongy feeling breaker, [push towards the middle] if it feels like it moves a little turn it off pushing it to the off position not just flipping it, then turn it back on,
to reset a breaker it has to be pushed into the off side,
2007-12-12 07:31:38 · answer #3 · answered by William B 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
just ask - sure u can. there r some tools that hav major current draws. OR could be that the circuit is temporarily off for the construction changes.
2007-12-12 07:13:35 · answer #4 · answered by stanly s 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check your outlets for a GFCI that is tripped. If you have one it will be on the outlet you were using or another one that has quit working.
Bert
2007-12-12 07:14:53 · answer #5 · answered by Bert C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋