power out on outlets, need help!

[~Ethan~]

I know next to nothing when it comes to electricity so bear with me.
The other day my mom was blowdrying her hair when suddenly the power stoped working to that outlet. We soon discovered that the outlets to the adjacent room stopped working as well. What might be the problem?

[lowrez]

circuit breaker or fuse. check the grey box.

[bongomania]

^^^^ That.

[Jim Campbell]

Originally Posted by ~Ethan~

I know next to nothing when it comes to electricity so bear with me.
The other day my mom was blowdrying her hair when suddenly the power stoped working to that outlet. We soon discovered that the outlets to the adjacent room stopped working as well. What might be the problem?

breaker....or fuse check the panel....or maybe in your case have someone else check

[elgecko]

Find your fuse panel (metal box on your wall...maybe outside)

Locate the tripped circuit breaker (swithchy looking thing, it'll be in a different position than the rest)

Turn circuit breaker off then on, close panel

Profit!

[EBodious]

its a circuit breaker. somewhere in your place there is a gray metal box attached to the wall. it has two rows of black switches in it. they should all be on (pointed away from center), except one. the one that runs electricity to the rooms that don't have any power now. that one is probly pointing in the middle. you click off then back on. the box is in the basement if you have one. or a utility closet.

edit: yeah, you get the picture

[elgecko]

By the way, no pics, no mom!



Sorry...had to be done.

[KeithBMI]

You may also need to pay your electricity bill.

[Munjibunga]

We just had that at our house today. At first I thought the ground fault interrupt (GFI) had popped, but it wouldn't reset, so I went out to the breaker box and, sure enough, the breaker had opened. I turned it off, then on, and we were back in business. However, I cautioned my daughter not to run the space heater and the hair dryer at the same time.

[Asa Samuel]

[MatticusMania]

Originally Posted by Asa Samuel

Yes, you need to recharge your Pikachu.

[iamlowsound]

Originally Posted by Munjibunga

We just had that at our house today. At first I thought the ground fault interrupt (GFI) had popped, but it wouldn't reset, so I went out to the breaker box and, sure enough, the breaker had opened. I turned it off, then on, and we were back in business. However, I cautioned my daughter not to run the space heater and the hair dryer at the same time.

Are you running a 40 service or something? A hair dryer and space heater running together shouldn't throw a breaker.

lowsound

[Jim Campbell]

Originally Posted by iamlowsound

Are you running a 40 service or something? A hair dryer and space heater running together shouldn't throw a breaker.

lowsound

the ceramic space heaters i use draw 9 amps.....a hundred watt bulb draws 1 amp......a soft breaker can trip below its rating....i'd say its very likely a breaker

[MatticusMania]

Originally Posted by iamlowsound

Are you running a 40 service or something? A hair dryer and space heater running together shouldn't throw a breaker.

lowsound

Space heaters are known to suck a LOT of amps and often trip breakers when other electrical devices are being used.

[john turner]

Originally Posted by iamlowsound

Are you running a 40 service or something? A hair dryer and space heater running together shouldn't throw a breaker.

lowsound

if they are on the same circuit they will. that's probably in excess of 20 amps with just those two appliances - a 1500 watt space heater (common size) is going to draw in the neighborhood of 13 amps, and that's about the power draw of a strong hairdryer on high heat as well. even if that circuit was specifically designed for high-current appliances (i.e. a 20 amp kitchen breaker), both of those on the same circuit would most definitely blow it, especially if there's some lights on the same circuit too.

what i want to know is why is someone running a space heater and a blow dryer at the same time (i'm presuming in the same room)? seems sorta reduncant.

[MatticusMania]

Originally Posted by john turner

if they are on the same circuit they will. that's probably in excess of 20 amps with just those two appliances - a 1500 watt space heater (common size) is going to draw in the neighborhood of 13 amps, and that's about the power draw of a strong hairdryer on high heat as well. even if that circuit was specifically designed for high-current appliances (i.e. a 20 amp kitchen breaker), both of those on the same circuit would most definitely blow it, especially if there's some lights on the same circuit too.

what i want to know is why is someone running a space heater and a blow dryer at the same time (i'm presuming in the same room)? seems sorta reduncant.

trying to dry a whole lot of stains from the sheets?

[peabody]

220, 221...whatever it takes.

[warnergt]

Originally Posted by ~Ethan~

I know next to nothing when it comes to electricity so bear with me.
The other day my mom was blowdrying her hair when suddenly the power stoped working to that outlet. We soon discovered that the outlets to the adjacent room stopped working as well. What might be the problem?

Was she blowdrying her hair in the bathroom? This may be a case of
a tripped Ground Fault Isolator. Sometimes one GFI services multiple outlets.

[JimK]

Originally Posted by peabody

220, 221...whatever it takes.

OK, Mr. Mom.

...on a tangent, Martin Mull was/is(?) one helluva guitarist.

[MasterBass!]

Easy fix....turn on the hair dryer and throw it in the shitter!!



Done.