More fun with electricity
at some point when I was finishing my projector, I shorted a circuit and tripped a breaker… the only problem was that I couldn’t figure out which breaker was the one I tripped. None of the circuit breakers in the box fixed the dead outlets in the garage… ok, well, the dead outlet in the garage. The other two outlets in the garage were fine. Turns out the two good ones were accurately labeled “plugs” in the breaker box. But the main outlet I use for all my powertools wasn’t working. Also not working was the garage door opener. I guess it was on the same circuit with some magical non-breaker. I was starting to worry because I just couldn’t figure out how to get those outlets working again.
Then more interesting things happen. The outlets on the outside of the house aren’t working. so that’s three that I can’t trace to a breaker now. Then R said that her outlet in her bathroom wasn’t working. wow, 4 outlets not hooked up to a breaker? That’s just too freakin’ weird. Huh.. well her outlet is GFCI protected, yeah? It should have the red thingy to reset the outlet… Oh. a sticker saying it’s GFCI, but no red reset thingy. Mine has one of the red reset thingies…
wait.. this one outlet is the circuit breaker for all these other outlets? In my bathroom? You gotta be kidding me. I pushed the reset button, and guess what? All the outlets are working again! :-\
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