Bill Bonde ( 'the oblique allusion in lieu of the frontal attack' ) wrote:
> The obvious one is to figure out which breaker goes to the problem
> circuit. So I'd go find an extension cord that could reach back to
Herein was the problem. I had outlets dark. Yet all the circuit
breakers were ON, and there was voltage going out of those. So
I couldn't figure out which circuit breaker was the one for this
circuit. Actually, that's why I thought "None of them".
> Of course as someone else said, a GFI could have popped. I would
> include exactly where all the GFIs are in the house and on which
> circuits in that write up I would do. And *where* in the circuit
> too, BTW.
It wasn't even that. It turned out that there was a bad connection
in the light switch, next to the GFI. The GFI was the last good
working outlet. Who would've thought that all the power to my
computers actually goes through the light switch in the bathroom?
Pretty scary thought, that is.
Actually, if I were to redo the wiring, I wonder if you could ask
a separate run for each outlet. Just like I would ask a separate
run for each water faucet, toilet etc. Which is how I've seen it
done in new constructions.
Might cost a little extra, but then again, it would prevent a lot
of problems.
> For the time being, I gather you are using the extension cord to
> run your computer?
That was the other oddity, that one of the outlets in the room was
working. So no, I did not have to resort to my psychic powers
to send the message.
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