We have a shop off to the side of our barn. Today we were cleaning and spraying some of the walls with a hose so we decided it best to turn off the breaker before doing so. After the cleaning and letting everything dry for a couple of hours we turned the breakers back on and found that none of the lights or the outlets had power going to them.
The first outlet on each line is a GFCI. Thinking they may have gotten wet and killed the system I replaced both of them to no avail. All if the switches were off as well as the lights when we tried the reset. No breakers are tripped either in the box in the shop, or in the main box in the barn. Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated as this is a time sensitive issue as we have multiple freezers in the shop filled with meat.
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You have to wait for the wires to dry out. I had a spill and my stove burner shorted out. After the wires dried it worked again.
I know this probably isn't you ideal since you seem handy, but I don't mess with electricity and always call in a pro when there are issues. We had a house on my street burn down because of an electrical issue that was mishandled and that terrifies me.
I hope you find a simple and quick solution. I would be horrible to lose all of your freeze items. Can you do anything with extensions cords or a generator? Prayers for all!
If the wires (and walls) did get wet, and it is behind the wall then 2 hours was probably not enough time to wait for wires/connections to be thoroughly dry.
You may be lucky and if you have waited over night, some of the circuits may work again. If not, you may have fried some of the wires and you will need a tester to see where the problem lies.
You can find a tester at Lowe's or Home Depot or Ace/True Value Hardware. Just tell them what happened and they will help you select what you need. Once you use a simple tester you will want to keep it around for future use.
The tester will tell you if/where current is located (safely).
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