RE: Not Getting Power But Circuit Breaker Was Not Tripped
I had the same problem as well. However when reading this I heard a lot of people taking about GFI's in the bathroom (I had no idea what a GFI even was). So I researched and come to find out I do have one in the bathroom and it was set off. I reset that and bam problem solved. Thank you so much!
Posted on 10/31/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse
RE: Not Getting Power But Circuit Breaker Was Not Tripped
I recently developed a similar situation. Gneral lighting circuit cuts out entirely (mostly on one side of the house). I checked the breakers and none were tripped. I tried them all to see if tripping them manually and resetting them would restore power, but it didn't. However, after about an hour or so, power came back on by itself with no action on my part. Then power was on for several hours after that, then cut out again and restarted on its own after about an hour or two. Haven't check GFI yet, but since it's restarting on its own I doubt that's the problem. Any ideas? Thanks!
Editor's Note: We had this happen once, and it didn't make sense. Call your power company to come check to make sure you are getting all the power you should be. One of their wires coming into the house had burned up the connection in their box by the street, so we were only getting half of the power we should have been getting. There is no charge to have this checked.
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RE: Not Getting Power But Circuit Breaker Was Not Tripped
We have the same problem, but do not have ny GFI outlets or power cords plugged into that circuit. We believe it's a short in a line. We know that we will probably have to replace the line, but not sure why it happened. Any thoughts?
Posted on 12/19/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
RE: Not Getting Power But Circuit Breaker Was Not Tripped
GFI fix was the problem. The GFI in my bathroom must be connected to my outdoor outlet. Here's my question though. What tripped the GFI?
Posted on 12/03/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
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Same issue and I am noticing some similarity's. I am losing 3 different circuits, two of which have power strips plugged in as well as a GFI in the bathroom. Now this is where is gets strange. If I kick on my dryer, it resets them all..... discuss.
Posted on 11/24/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
RE: Not Getting Power But Circuit Breaker Was Not Tripped
Same issue - no power to a number of outlets, lights and ceiling fan. Circuit breaker was getting power, but I replaced it just in case. Still no power to outlets in circuit (none are GFI). After reading some of the posts here I started checking the power strips, but all were okay. While moving around one of the power strips the lights flickered for a second. I then tapped the wall outlet with my fist and all of the lights and outlets came on. So it was an intermittent wall outlet. Does this pose a fire danger?
Posted on 09/08/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
RE: Not Getting Power But Circuit Breaker Was Not Tripped
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After buying a house in July, we had the compressor on our AC blow out. We got a company to replace the outside compressor unit, but now I'm having electrical problems. The AC comes on for a little while then shorts out. The breaker has NOT been tripped. If I wiggle the breaker one way or another, power is sent to the AC, but then shuts off again. Our indoor AC unit is located upstairs, and when it trips (without tripping the breaker), we lose power to most of the upstairs lighting. If this is just a lose breaker problem, can I fix it myself?
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RE: Not Getting Power But Circuit Breaker Was Not Tripped
I just fixed a similar problem. Many outlets were on one circuit in my house, and they all didn't have power but the breakers were fine. It was due to a GFI in the bathroom that was a circuit for others in the house. I reset the button in the kitchen and bam. Power to the other outlets in the home.
Posted on 09/02/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
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By James Colwell (Guest Post)
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I have power in the whole house except for a few rooms. I went and checked the breaker and it's not tripped. Do you know what might be wrong? Please respond ASAP. My email is jameswirelessland@gmail.com
Posted on 08/03/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
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Greetings,
Power went out in a single zone in my house. (I know my zones very well) I checked the breaker but the breaker was not tripped. (Turned off and on anyway). Checked outlets in this zone with a three-prong tester this showed Hot/ground reversed. I checked several outlets in the zone with a multi-meter and got about 14VAC. I shut off breaker and no power flowed in this zone. The only work I did was three days ago, I replaced a bathroom exhaust fan which is on a different zone and works fine.
Any suggestions?
Dave
Posted on 07/07/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
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By crypticphrasing (Guest Post)
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I've got to add my "thank heavens for Google" to this post too. I had no power in the garage, but breakers were fine. The culprit was the one GFI I had in the garage buried in back of a shoe rack. How it got tripped, I don't know, perhaps a shoe hit it!
Posted on 07/06/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
Not Getting Power But Circuit Breaker Was Not Tripped
My son's bedroom and bathroom are on one circuit. All power was out but a few hours later it returned. A day later all power on this circuit is out again. Any advice please respond to grosso1997 AT aol.com
Posted on 03/21/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
RE: Not Getting Power But Circuit Breaker Was Not Tripped
Thanks guys....I had the same prob. Two outlets and my range hood was ooc - but no circuit was tripped. It took me a while to find it but it was actually a power strip that my computer was connected to - that had tripped and caused the others to stop working. As soon as I pressed the reset button on the powerstrip (and blew all of the dust away from the outlets) everything worked fine again.
Posted on 02/23/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
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I am so thankful I found this post. I was thinking my house could catch on fire or could I get an electrician over right away. The GFI was an awesome solution.
Posted on 01/03/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
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I just had a similar problem but I'm not sure what caused it. I had a heater running last night in my guest room and this morning all the power was on. Later today I went in the room and there was no power. I immediately checked the circuit breaker but it had not been tripped. I had seen were some other people had the same issue and it was caused by a GFI outlet. I have a older house and my only GFI outlets are in the bathrooms. I checked both of those and they were good. I then checked the outlet on the outside of the house but on the same circuit as the guest room. When I plugged my shaver up to test the outlet it not only had power but it also brought the power back to the guest room. I'm not sure what in the world is going on here. I did not install anything new in the guest room and I have not used the outside outlet in about a year. I figured it should have been fine because it has a weather cover over each socket. Does anyone know what is going on?
Posted on 12/07/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse
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By KatieButler (Guest Post)
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I just had a "GFI situation" in my home as well--our garage doors would not open and there was no power to the fridge in the garage, but the breakers hadn't tripped. I googled "circuit not tripped but no power," saw mollie01's comment, and sure enough, one of the other outlets on the circuit was a GFI in the kitchen that had tripped. Reset the GFI and voila--power again. It was nice to have a simple fix for once!
Posted on 09/24/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse
RE: Not Getting Power But Circuit Breaker Was Not Tripped
Had a similar problem. Replaced a light fixture that had been working, however new one did not. Took it down and checked power, had no power. Circuit breaker at panel was ok - checked other lights on same circuit. My wife figured it out for me, one of the outlets on that circuit was a GFI and it had tripped. Reset it and had power back to the light.
Posted on 09/17/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse
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By Laurie
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Just a quick question first... are your appliances plugged into a power supply cord? If by chance they are, did you check the trip button on that? and if their not I would highly recommend you purchase one.
go to your hardware store and talk to the salesperson about the problem and he'll direct you in how to fix it.
Posted on 09/08/2006 | Report Spam or Abuse
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After my father passed away my mother experienced the same thing. She asked a neighbor to come over that worked with electricity and he told her that sometimes the circuit breaker doesn't pop out all the way. She just needed to push the circuit breaker till it popped then reset it. She's not had any more problems. Hope this helps Nancy
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My son claims one can change a faulty breaker themselves IF the MAIN ELECTRICITY SWITCH to the dwelling is cut off. They are sold at large hardware stores. I believe he said that it unscrews and pulls straight out of a normal box configuration.
Take it with you when you go to buy a new one. He
said it isn't hard, but our box is a bit too high for me
and I prefer that he would do it if ever needed. God bless you.
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