THANK YOU RUclips DAD!!! I’m a first time home owner and wasn’t really taught how to be a handy man. Was able to fix the power to my garage by RESETTING THE GFCI outlet! Thanks again!
It was the GFCI in a bathroom in another floor that was tripped. I hit the reset button and solved my problem. Saved me a call to an electrician and a $150 bill. Thank you
😲I'm so happy I chose to watch your video. For about a month now, half of my kitchen outlet's stopped working. I knew I could find the perfect RUclips video online to fix the issue. I can't tank you enough!😁
Thank you! I found a GFCI outlet hidden behind shelving in my garage. I reset it and now have power in my garage! You saved me a bunch of money thank you.
You saved me $100. We had a trip happen yesterday, when a landscaper wanted to plug in his saw into a GFCI outlet outside. It didn't work so he went to another outlet, not realizing a trip occured. I only notice this morning that the outlets in my bathroom were off, as were outlets in my other bathroom upstairs. I wound up calling for an electrician, but it would be a while before they come out, but after watching this video, I got the knowledge I needed to realize how circuit breakers trip and what position the switch is in to identify the trip. I went to my panel and found the breaker that tripped, reset it properly and voila, I have power again. Thinking ahead if it happens again, with anything, the GFCI could be bad or perhaps even the breaker itself, but at least i walked away with good solid knowledge I can use in the future, thanks!
You are fantastic I watched your video and I did what you said. I Pressed the red button on the other plug and my switch works now. Thank you so much. You explain the problem so well. I am 85 years old and very great full for your HELP.
OMG, thank you so much. I watched other videos and they didn't explain that the switches in the circuit box that are slightly away from the ON position have been tripped. I thought they had to be closer to center or in the OFF position. I missed it the first time I checked out the box, but after taking a closer look I saw one switch that was a tiny bit away from the ON position. I made sure to move it to the OFF position and then back to ON. As someone who lives alone, this was so helpful.
Thank you! Now i don't have to have the maintenance up in my apartment. Just flipped the GFC outlet in my kitchen on the wall where two outlets had went dead by turning on a humidifier. Saved this 62 year old woman from being aggravated any more on this issue.
This video has saved me a ton of time and probably money! The hidden protection of a non-GFCI outlet by a GFCI one is a saver! My case has the connection between two bathrooms on two stories…
I was about to lose a nights sleep worrying about the damn power to my gdo not realizing my garage fridge is on a gfci and needed to be reset to bring the power back to the whole circuit. Good god. I was about to pay an electrician to come out tomorrow. You saved me dude. Thank you.
Thank you so much! My circuit breaker had tripped, and when I initially tried to push it back to the ON position, it didn’t work. An electrician quoted me over $300 to fix it, so I decided to give it another shot myself. After watching this video, I followed the steps: pressed the test button, let the breaker trip, then switched it to the OFF position before pushing it back to ON. It worked! I’m so excited that I was able to fix the problem using the instructions from this video!
Thank you. I hand a non GFCI outlet in my kitchen that was not working. I did find an outlet that had been tripped and it is now working. Your video was very helpful, clear and concise.
Thanks! Forgot some people/contractors put gfcis in line and knock out a whole side of a house after someone wants to play with that"button thingy" in the far side of the house bathroom and not say anyyhing after they think they broke it lol.....not even close to all the dead outlets. Thanks for reminding me after an hour at the panel.
Thank you so much for teaching and putting the video on utube. My former husband used to deal with such things. Now, I've had to learn all these things for myself as I am the one taking care of our home after the divorce. I appreciate you.
Thank you for resolving my electrical issue. My outlets in the Master Bathroom weren't working. I found the GFCI outlet in the downstairs bathroom and reset it. Wouldn't you know it, this allowed the ARC fuses in my electrical panel to release and reset back to the "on" position!! I'm good to go! All outlets are up and running and the lights are back on! Praise be to God! You out here saving lives!😊😊😊 Much appreciated.
You're a beast! The darn GFCI in the garage was connected to outlets in the basement. Thanks for this video and you saved me $100s and wasting an electricians time.
Thank you for this video. My issue is finally fixed. I watched so many videos and none of them was helpful. You are the most knowledgeable person and best teacher ever. Thank you again.
You saved us! Our basement outlets weren't working and I was going crazy until I watched your videos. Apparently our garage outlet GFCI was tripped and we never looked there, resetting that gave us power in the basement. Thanks!
Scott, thank you yet again for another outstanding video. On a "dead" outlet I had once the root cause dated back decades earlier when the house was built the electrician "back stabbed" (speed wired) the outlets. Over the years either the neutral or the hot wire ( don't remember which one) simply backed out of the hole it had been shoved into (designed in the receptacle) itself decades earlier. I had been running a vacuum cleaner and I inadvertently jerked the power cord out of the outlet and the outlet no longer functioned. So, in addition to all the causes you mentioned the homeowner could have an issue with the wiring itself or the outlet. You might mention that it is a good idea to label outlets that are protected by GFCI and/or AFCI outlets or circuit breakers in the panel itself. Most GFCI's I come across have numerous small labels included inside the packaging designed to communicate the same thing. I am NOT a licensed electrician.
One of my circuits seemed to be damaged. I replaced the breaker with no result and thought I would need an electrician. After watching your video, I learned that my garage interior outlet had the only GFCI button on the circuit. Problem solved! Thank you for your help. Subscribed.
Thanks, this is really helpful! I fixed it by step 3. Even though the reset button did not work, I pushed to the midpoint manually, and then pushed to the off and on, and the power was restored.
omg, you are such a lifesaver..my friend let us stay the weekend at her beach house which has older wiring and when I turned on the microwave it tripped the breaker and stopped power to three separate outlets including the fridge…I panicked as I felt horrible knowing such a nice gesture lead to me feeling like I messed up something in her home. This video helped me troubleshoot it and fix the problem…the breaker was indeed red and one flip of the switch fixed everything. Thnx so much!
Wow! this video saved me $100 service call to my home warranty company, the issue was solution#2 I didn't know a GGCi in another location could control other outlets.... thanks you!
Thanks Scott. Was about to change out the breaker and your video showed me to check all outside outlets on the GFCI and low and behold, one was tripped. Thanks again !
Ty so much sir. I've had the GCFI outlets in my kitchen red lighted for a month now and didn't know what to do. After a bad storm, I lost power briefly and no sockets worked. I reset them and all is well. I subscribed to your channel as a thank you
Thank you for not only sharing but being very detailed. I just used your step by step process to solve the same problem in my basement. Didn’t need any appliance or technician
After having power loss issue in the outlets, I wanted to resolve it myself and this video really guided me in bringing up the tripped breaker. Electrical engineering is so interesting!
Thank you so much! Didn't know there was a GFCI in my garage, so after a short, I was sure I would be paying an electrician to fix it. After watching your video, I found the GFCI, reset it, and it fixed the problem!
I had checked my switches in the garage but forgot to check the outside of the house. I have one panel outside. This saved me at least a $200 housecall.
I turned the master on and off on the breaker box and didn’t notice how they were slightly stuck in the middle. This threw through a loop of looking for every reset box in my house. Thanks for the help man!
Thank you for the memory jogger about a GFCI located in the garage. All of my bathroom outlets run through the garage GFCI and I was scratching my head trying to figure out why I had lost power to all the outlets when I had a good breaker and good continuity. Great channel and information.
Thank you so much from a single mom. Option 3 solved my issue. Didn’t realize there was such thing as AFCI, it was right in my face, but I had only tried the switch the breaker from on to off. I would’ve never known it was there if it hadn’t been for your video. Thank you so much ❤!
Hi, Thank you very much for your instructions! I thought I had to call the electrician and spend a lot of money. But, after watching your Ytube with clearly instructions, I could figure out what outlet connected with the broken ones! No electrician needed! Thanks 🙏 again!
Man first let me say thank you for making this video.. the outlets and the lights went out in my bedroom. All day I running up and down the steps trying to figure out what breaker did what. Previous owner had them marked incorrectly. Got out my multimeter and started testing every outlet. And low and behold it was a gcfi outlet two flights downstairs in the @%@*%! Kitchen behind the microwave.That needed to be reset and my bedroom lights were on when I went upstairs 2 flights away on the whole other side of the house to get my wallet so I can go to homedepot to spend whatever it took to get my bedroom light back on... what a RELIEF... THANKS A MILLION...!!
Your GFCI and Panel are in the same place as my garage, as I found out when my son said what is the button for on the socket tester and pressed it, and the GCFI tripped. I had never seen that socket / GFCI before as I have a rack in front of it full of paint and stuff, and for a while wondered why my panel breaker had not tripped, but the other socket he tested was still dead lol.
Thanks a million for enlighting me of GFCI's place in affecting a series of outlets in the kitchen. That is the exact scenario playing out in my house. All I do as you suggested is reset it and all other outlets come back online. Almost rush out to buy undeeded testing equipment. Thanks again.
IT WORKED!! Thank you so much!! We lived in an old house for a long time and didn’t have many of these outlets so I never knew one GFCI outlet could reset other outlets. We just moved into a house that’s only 20 years old and has several of these outlets. We have a hot tub plugged into an outlet on the back patio and it along with the front patio outlets both lost power. Turns out pressing the the GFCI outlet reset button in the garage is what brought power back to both patio outlets!
SAME HERE!! I never knew this and because I’m a googler, I found this video and was able to save us from calling an electrician just for them to tell us to hit the reset button on the outlet in the other room. Thank you!!
@@sarahtrach I'd like to add that my husband was incredibly impressed with me when he came home to find out I'd fixed our problem! We have fixed several appliances by watching RUclips videos and I'm so grateful for the time and energy these people put into their videos. Of course it's not always a replacement for professional help, but videos like these really do help you figure out when it's a DIY or when it's time to call a pro. What an amazing feeling to know I could fix this with the touch of a button - literally!
OMG THANK YOU!!!!!! The part where u showed how the trip outlets can cause others to trip in their line helped me a lot!!! I had an outlet in my upstairs bathroom that wasn’t working and I found a tripped outlet in the downstairs bathroom and now it’s working perfectly!!!!!!
Half of the outlets in my Garage did not have the GFCI buttons. Just like the video, I had to press the RESET button on the GFCI outlet ALL THE WAY ACROSS the garage. Thanks a lot for the video!
Booyah! I had one outlet trip, didn’t realize the third outlet in kitchen had the gfci button to reset. Hit the button and viola! Amazing stuff, thanks a bunch.
I've seen GFCI outlets that have come with little "GFCI" stickers that you can use on downstream outlets to remind you that they are connected to an upstream GFCI outlet. Very handy.
120 thumbs up to you, sir, for each voltage that you brought back to my dead outlets, and lights! Your second troubleshooting method solved the issue. And you were absolutely right, the culprit GFCI outlet was in a completely different part of the house. You saved me hassle and dollars. Thank you! "Powerfully" ;) liked and subscribed.
Bro thanks so much!!! My circuit tripped in the middle of me walking on my treadmill. I knew it had to be that and not the outlet itself. Thanks so much
Great video, saved our holiday weekend with guests coming over! I had to go on hunt to find2 GFCI outlets that were tripped. An adult treasure hunt! Thanks for the tips.
Dude! Thank you for this video! I woke up to our oven and outlets not working and I was scared it was serious. After watching your video step 2 fixed it! Thank goodness. You saved me stress and $$$$
Thank you!! Had an issue where 2 outlets in the master bathroom lost power (non-GFCIs) and couldn’t figure out the issue for the life of my. Turns out the outlet for our guest bedroom was GFCI and that was tripped. Just needed to be rest and that restored power back to the other outlets 🤙🏼
Brother, you are my hero. I didn’t know that one outlet controlled multiple with the GFCI. Watching your video fixed a problem to at haunted me for a few hours. You e gained a subscriber. Thank you!
Thanks, very helpful. There was GFCI under my sink that i did not know controlled a few additional outlets, resetting it did the trick to fix the other outlets. Saved my a call to the electrician.
Excellent video! Also, another common cause for no power to an outlet is where the outlet and other outlets downstream are “back stabbed” where the wire become loose in the outlet. As a result, no power flows to the outlet and many times half the room has power and the other half doesn’t have power.
@@TheFacelessPoet very simple to fix…simply turn off the power to that circuit and remove the “back stabbed” wire from the outlet by pushing a thin screwdriver in the slot next to the wire and push in to release and remove the wire(s) from the receptacle. Reinstall the wires onto the receptacle in the same location(s) but this time secure each wire under each screw and tighten. The screws give a good firm electrical connection and the problem will clear up. Reinstall receptacle and turn on power. I don’t understand why the NEC (National Electrical Code) still allows “back stabbing” when they know it has future problems ahead.
Very logical instructions, very calm, detailed and professional. I have seen many of your videos and learned a lot. Many Thanks, looking forward to the next one!
Excellent video. Little did I know that there is something called a GFCI breaker. My breaker switch was in the middle position and I kept putting it to ON but it was not working. After watching your video, I was able to move it from the “BREAK” to “OFF” and then back to “ON”. Everything then worked magically
I had to replace the switch with a new 20A. This switch handles high power items such as air fryer and microwave. Started right back up. Thanks dude!!!😅
thank you! it was the last solution you provided in your video that helped! didn’t realize something tripped the breaker even though fridge had its own breaker. once the tripped breaker for kitchen outlets was reset, the outlet for just the fridge had power! thanks!
Thank you so much, our power went out last night due to a storm and I had to reset a few breakers in my home. My outlet stop working. That first step fixed the problem!!
Good shit my man. Two outlets died in my house. Both the bathrooms, main floor and upstairs. Could not figure it out. Checked all the GFCI all thru the house and nada. Saw your video, went into my garage and there it was tucked away in the far left corner, another GFCI. Lol. Problem solved. 👏👏👏💪🤙👍👌
Nice one. In my case a traveler wire at an outlet was loose causing an outage in outlets past that point. Took me almost 3 hours to find the culprit. Just FYI. Thanks for the video.
My electric coffee maker was drawing too much current, much like a space heater, and was tripping GFCI outlets in my kitchen, but the setup was such that the GFCI outlets were hidden inside cubbies, not the outlets that I was actually using, so it was a "wild goose chase" trying to find the hidden GFCI outlets so that I could reset them.
Good vid. Around 6 min you show two reg duplexes that are gfci protected by another gfci outlet that feeds them. You should always use the gfci labels on the protected outlets to avoid confusion.
Thanks for this video. Our bathroom outlets went out and I was able to get power back to them by resetting a couple of outlets elsewhere in our house that have reset buttons!
Thank you. This was really helpful and educational! Straight forward to the point with basic lessons and when you used acronyms you explained everything instead of assuming everyone would know! So all that and not unnecessarily long. Can't thank you enough
Thankyou sooo much😂 saved me, 3 outlets in bathroom downstairs just went dead, there no GFCI in this bathroom, so i knew to check nearby GFCI and hadnt check bathroom upstairs GFCI and sure enough that was the one like 1 hr later, after watching this vid! Again thx!
As always. great video. Great details. I would just add: If the breaker does not reset that's usually an indicator of either short or high load still affecting the breaker. At that point of course further investigation is needed and for those that are not handy a professional may be needed.
I had outlet burned out for 2 years by my nightstand (Or so i thought) Thank you so much. It was option 2. All i did is find a hidden outlet behind my furniture with the reset button.
Thanks a lot I got two of my outlets turned on by doing what you said.I reseted the outlets at the site and pushed the red button in the middle and I was able to charge my phone.Thanks to you I didn't have to wait for the landlord to get home.
Very informative video. I have a GFCI outlet in bathroom and it says correct on my GFCI outlet tester. But another regular outlet in the same bath room, that's connected to this GFCI is not getting any power and getting an open neutral while testing with the tester. Where could be the problem ?
You could have a loose neutral on the load side of the GFCI or where the neutral would connect to the 2nd receptacle.. Also: if you are getting that reading *only* when using a GFCI tester, then the receptacle is probably not grounded (an ungrounded GFCI will trip using it's built-in tester, but a plug-in tester won't trip it).
**Newb alert** I have 4 outlets (GFCI) which are daisy chained. 2 of the 4 don’t work. I have replaced them all and I am still experiencing the same results. There is no sign of tripping, other then on of the plugs not being able to to test/reset. All outlets show a green “working” status light. Thank you. Love your content.
Hey Noah, So you have 4 GFCI outlets on the same circuit? Do you know if the wiring is pigtailed or did they use the Load terminals on the GFCI to provide power downstream? If they are all on the same circuit I would install only 1 GFCI on the first outlet and then pull from the "Load" terminal providing the power to 3 standard outlets downstream.
Good opportunity to recommend making sure your service panel is properly labeled and that all circuits are labeled. As a home inspector very common to see circuits not labeled in a panel. Always recommend clients make sure all circuits are labeled and to check to make sure all existing labeling is correct. If a recetacle is GFCI protected, but not a GFCI receptacle, recommend identifying where tge GFCI protection is, e.g. breaker at panel or a GFCI receptacle. While it is common for the GFCI protection to be from an adjacent GFCI receptacle, I have seen the protection to be from a GFCI receptacle literally at the other end of a home. Having this identified, likrly at the service panel, will hopefully save someone time and the frustration of trying to figure out why there is no power to a receptacle or what needs to be reset if a breaker or GFCI receptacle is tripped.
OMG! I have an add on room and the outlet stopped at 6am. I couldn’t find ONE GSCI outlet in my home. Then I saw the third technique…that worked 🥳CANT THANK YOU ENOUGH!! Ps. I’ve liked and subscribed✨
THANK YOU RUclips DAD!!! I’m a first time home owner and wasn’t really taught how to be a handy man. Was able to fix the power to my garage by RESETTING THE GFCI outlet! Thanks again!
THANKS Dude!!!! The reset button worked! Didn’t even know it was there. Loads of thanks. No electrican needed! Great video too, elderly lady (75)
I knew it was there but had no idea is was connected to my outside outlets. Woo hoo 🎉
Thank you so much! I changed the outlet & still didn’t have power. I turned the switch on & off & it worked!! ❤
Thank you... This worked for me too!!!
Thanks a million! The reset button is magic!!!
It was the GFCI in a bathroom in another floor that was tripped. I hit the reset button and solved my problem. Saved me a call to an electrician and a $150 bill. Thank you
😲I'm so happy I chose to watch your video. For about a month now, half of my kitchen outlet's stopped working. I knew I could find the perfect RUclips video online to fix the issue. I can't tank you enough!😁
Thank you! I found a GFCI outlet hidden behind shelving in my garage. I reset it and now have power in my garage! You saved me a bunch of money thank you.
Holy moly, it worked. One gfci in garage, reset it. Six outlets back up and running! Thanks dude! Saved me lots oh money
You saved me $100. We had a trip happen yesterday, when a landscaper wanted to plug in his saw into a GFCI outlet outside. It didn't work so he went to another outlet, not realizing a trip occured. I only notice this morning that the outlets in my bathroom were off, as were outlets in my other bathroom upstairs. I wound up calling for an electrician, but it would be a while before they come out, but after watching this video, I got the knowledge I needed to realize how circuit breakers trip and what position the switch is in to identify the trip. I went to my panel and found the breaker that tripped, reset it properly and voila, I have power again. Thinking ahead if it happens again, with anything, the GFCI could be bad or perhaps even the breaker itself, but at least i walked away with good solid knowledge I can use in the future, thanks!
You are fantastic I watched your video and I did what you said. I Pressed the red button on the other plug and my switch works now. Thank you so much. You explain the problem so well. I am 85 years old and very great full for your HELP.
OMG, thank you so much. I watched other videos and they didn't explain that the switches in the circuit box that are slightly away from the ON position have been tripped. I thought they had to be closer to center or in the OFF position. I missed it the first time I checked out the box, but after taking a closer look I saw one switch that was a tiny bit away from the ON position. I made sure to move it to the OFF position and then back to ON. As someone who lives alone, this was so helpful.
Thank you!
Now i don't have to have the maintenance up in my apartment.
Just flipped the GFC outlet in my kitchen on the wall where two outlets had went dead by turning on a humidifier.
Saved this 62 year old woman from being aggravated any more on this issue.
This video has saved me a ton of time and probably money! The hidden protection of a non-GFCI outlet by a GFCI one is a saver! My case has the connection between two bathrooms on two stories…
I was about to lose a nights sleep worrying about the damn power to my gdo not realizing my garage fridge is on a gfci and needed to be reset to bring the power back to the whole circuit. Good god. I was about to pay an electrician to come out tomorrow. You saved me dude. Thank you.
Thank you so much! My circuit breaker had tripped, and when I initially tried to push it back to the ON position, it didn’t work. An electrician quoted me over $300 to fix it, so I decided to give it another shot myself. After watching this video, I followed the steps: pressed the test button, let the breaker trip, then switched it to the OFF position before pushing it back to ON. It worked! I’m so excited that I was able to fix the problem using the instructions from this video!
Thank you. I hand a non GFCI outlet in my kitchen that was not working. I did find an outlet that had been tripped and it is now working. Your video was very helpful, clear and concise.
Thanks! Forgot some people/contractors put gfcis in line and knock out a whole side of a house after someone wants to play with that"button thingy" in the far side of the house bathroom and not say anyyhing after they think they broke it lol.....not even close to all the dead outlets. Thanks for reminding me after an hour at the panel.
Thank you so much for teaching and putting the video on utube. My former husband used to deal with such things. Now, I've had to learn all these things for myself as I am the one taking care of our home after the divorce. I appreciate you.
Thank you for resolving my electrical issue. My outlets in the Master Bathroom weren't working. I found the GFCI outlet in the downstairs bathroom and reset it. Wouldn't you know it, this allowed the ARC fuses in my electrical panel to release and reset back to the "on" position!! I'm good to go! All outlets are up and running and the lights are back on! Praise be to God! You out here saving lives!😊😊😊
Much appreciated.
You're a beast! The darn GFCI in the garage was connected to outlets in the basement. Thanks for this video and you saved me $100s and wasting an electricians time.
You solved my issue. I had no idea the GFCI from one outlet affected another one. Thanks x1000!
Here to help 🙌
You presentation was so clear I was able to fix my bathroom outlet. Thank you for being precise and not pontificating.
Thank you for this video. My issue is finally fixed. I watched so many videos and none of them was helpful. You are the most knowledgeable person and best teacher ever. Thank you again.
You saved us! Our basement outlets weren't working and I was going crazy until I watched your videos. Apparently our garage outlet GFCI was tripped and we never looked there, resetting that gave us power in the basement. Thanks!
My garage GFCI also controls the master bath receptacles. SMH
Scott, thank you yet again for another outstanding video. On a "dead" outlet I had once the root cause dated back decades earlier when the house was built the electrician "back stabbed" (speed wired) the outlets. Over the years either the neutral or the hot wire ( don't remember which one) simply backed out of the hole it had been shoved into (designed in the receptacle) itself decades earlier. I had been running a vacuum cleaner and I inadvertently jerked the power cord out of the outlet and the outlet no longer functioned. So, in addition to all the causes you mentioned the homeowner could have an issue with the wiring itself or the outlet. You might mention that it is a good idea to label outlets that are protected by GFCI and/or AFCI outlets or circuit breakers in the panel itself. Most GFCI's I come across have numerous small labels included inside the packaging designed to communicate the same thing. I am NOT a licensed electrician.
I’m sorry that happened. I always wonder if people take pride in their work when they’re building homes we live in
One of my circuits seemed to be damaged. I replaced the breaker with no result and thought I would need an electrician. After watching your video, I learned that my garage interior outlet had the only GFCI button on the circuit. Problem solved! Thank you for your help. Subscribed.
Thanks, this is really helpful! I fixed it by step 3. Even though the reset button did not work, I pushed to the midpoint manually, and then pushed to the off and on, and the power was restored.
Thanks so much for the support 🙌
omg, you are such a lifesaver..my friend let us stay the weekend at her beach house which has older wiring and when I turned on the microwave it tripped the breaker and stopped power to three separate outlets including the fridge…I panicked as I felt horrible knowing such a nice gesture lead to me feeling like I messed up something in her home. This video helped me troubleshoot it and fix the problem…the breaker was indeed red and one flip of the switch fixed everything. Thnx so much!
Wow! this video saved me $100 service call to my home warranty company, the issue was solution#2 I didn't know a GGCi in another location could control other outlets.... thanks you!
Thanks Scott. Was about to change out the breaker and your video showed me to check all outside outlets on the GFCI and low and behold, one was tripped. Thanks again !
Ty so much sir. I've had the GCFI outlets in my kitchen red lighted for a month now and didn't know what to do. After a bad storm, I lost power briefly and no sockets worked. I reset them and all is well. I subscribed to your channel as a thank you
Thank you for not only sharing but being very detailed. I just used your step by step process to solve the same problem in my basement. Didn’t need any appliance or technician
After having power loss issue in the outlets, I wanted to resolve it myself and this video really guided me in bringing up the tripped breaker. Electrical engineering is so interesting!
Thank you so much! Didn't know there was a GFCI in my garage, so after a short, I was sure I would be paying an electrician to fix it. After watching your video, I found the GFCI, reset it, and it fixed the problem!
OMG...Didn't even realize the one in the basement had test/reset. I now have power to my outside outlets. Thank you so much !!
I had checked my switches in the garage but forgot to check the outside of the house. I have one panel outside. This saved me at least a $200 housecall.
I turned the master on and off on the breaker box and didn’t notice how they were slightly stuck in the middle. This threw through a loop of looking for every reset box in my house. Thanks for the help man!
Thank you for the memory jogger about a GFCI located in the garage. All of my bathroom outlets run through the garage GFCI and I was scratching my head trying to figure out why I had lost power to all the outlets when I had a good breaker and good continuity. Great channel and information.
Thank you so much from a single mom. Option 3 solved my issue. Didn’t realize there was such thing as AFCI, it was right in my face, but I had only tried the switch the breaker from on to off. I would’ve never known it was there if it hadn’t been for your video. Thank you so much ❤!
Reset on the outlet was my fix(center kitchen island some outlets working). Thank u very much
Hi, Thank you very much for your instructions! I thought I had to call the electrician and spend a lot of money. But, after watching your Ytube with clearly instructions, I could figure out what outlet connected with the broken ones! No electrician needed! Thanks 🙏 again!
Happy to help!
Man first let me say thank you for making this video.. the outlets and the lights went out in my bedroom. All day I running up and down the steps trying to figure out what breaker did what. Previous owner had them marked incorrectly. Got out my multimeter and started testing every outlet. And low and behold it was a gcfi outlet two flights downstairs in the @%@*%! Kitchen behind the microwave.That needed to be reset and my bedroom lights were on when I went upstairs 2 flights away on the whole other side of the house to get my wallet so I can go to homedepot to spend whatever it took to get my bedroom light back on... what a RELIEF... THANKS A MILLION...!!
Your GFCI and Panel are in the same place as my garage, as I found out when my son said what is the button for on the socket tester and pressed it, and the GCFI tripped. I had never seen that socket / GFCI before as I have a rack in front of it full of paint and stuff, and for a while wondered why my panel breaker had not tripped, but the other socket he tested was still dead lol.
great tip!! I found my GFCI outlet in my garage just as you suggested….behind some of my garage stuff. Thanks so much!
Thanks a million for enlighting me of GFCI's place in affecting a series of outlets in the kitchen. That is the exact scenario playing out in my house. All I do as you suggested is reset it and all other outlets come back online. Almost rush out to buy undeeded testing equipment. Thanks again.
IT WORKED!! Thank you so much!! We lived in an old house for a long time and didn’t have many of these outlets so I never knew one GFCI outlet could reset other outlets. We just moved into a house that’s only 20 years old and has several of these outlets. We have a hot tub plugged into an outlet on the back patio and it along with the front patio outlets both lost power. Turns out pressing the the GFCI outlet reset button in the garage is what brought power back to both patio outlets!
SAME HERE!! I never knew this and because I’m a googler, I found this video and was able to save us from calling an electrician just for them to tell us to hit the reset button on the outlet in the other room. Thank you!!
@@sarahtrach I'd like to add that my husband was incredibly impressed with me when he came home to find out I'd fixed our problem! We have fixed several appliances by watching RUclips videos and I'm so grateful for the time and energy these people put into their videos. Of course it's not always a replacement for professional help, but videos like these really do help you figure out when it's a DIY or when it's time to call a pro. What an amazing feeling to know I could fix this with the touch of a button - literally!
thank you so much! so calm and elaborate, slow and steady. For a person that doesn't deal with this at all very helpful!
OMG THANK YOU!!!!!! The part where u showed how the trip outlets can cause others to trip in their line helped me a lot!!!
I had an outlet in my upstairs bathroom that wasn’t working and I found a tripped outlet in the downstairs bathroom and now it’s working perfectly!!!!!!
Half of the outlets in my Garage did not have the GFCI buttons. Just like the video, I had to press the RESET button on the GFCI outlet ALL THE WAY ACROSS the garage. Thanks a lot for the video!
Booyah! I had one outlet trip, didn’t realize the third outlet in kitchen had the gfci button to reset. Hit the button and viola! Amazing stuff, thanks a bunch.
I've seen GFCI outlets that have come with little "GFCI" stickers that you can use on downstream outlets to remind you that they are connected to an upstream GFCI outlet. Very handy.
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120 thumbs up to you, sir, for each voltage that you brought back to my dead outlets, and lights! Your second troubleshooting method solved the issue. And you were absolutely right, the culprit GFCI outlet was in a completely different part of the house. You saved me hassle and dollars. Thank you! "Powerfully" ;) liked and subscribed.
different part of the house?!
This was so helpful! 4 outlets went out in my kitchen and I thought I’d need to hire an electrician. Thank you!!
Bro thanks so much!!! My circuit tripped in the middle of me walking on my treadmill. I knew it had to be that and not the outlet itself. Thanks so much
Great video, saved our holiday weekend with guests coming over! I had to go on hunt to find2 GFCI outlets that were tripped. An adult treasure hunt! Thanks for the tips.
Dude! Thank you for this video! I woke up to our oven and outlets not working and I was scared it was serious. After watching your video step 2 fixed it! Thank goodness. You saved me stress and $$$$
Thank you!! Had an issue where 2 outlets in the master bathroom lost power (non-GFCIs) and couldn’t figure out the issue for the life of my. Turns out the outlet for our guest bedroom was GFCI and that was tripped. Just needed to be rest and that restored power back to the other outlets 🤙🏼
Thank you so much! My kitchen's outlets were inoperative. With your video and knowledge, my outlets are working! 😀
Brother, you are my hero. I didn’t know that one outlet controlled multiple with the GFCI. Watching your video fixed a problem to at haunted me for a few hours. You e gained a subscriber. Thank you!
Thanks, very helpful. There was GFCI under my sink that i did not know controlled a few additional outlets, resetting it did the trick to fix the other outlets. Saved my a call to the electrician.
Excellent video! Also, another common cause for no power to an outlet is where the outlet and other outlets downstream are “back stabbed” where the wire become loose in the outlet. As a result, no power flows to the outlet and many times half the room has power and the other half doesn’t have power.
How would u fix this?
@@TheFacelessPoet very simple to fix…simply turn off the power to that circuit and remove the “back stabbed” wire from the outlet by pushing a thin screwdriver in the slot next to the wire and push in to release and remove the wire(s) from the receptacle. Reinstall the wires onto the receptacle in the same location(s) but this time secure each wire under each screw and tighten. The screws give a good firm electrical connection and the problem will clear up. Reinstall receptacle and turn on power. I don’t understand why the NEC (National Electrical Code) still allows “back stabbing” when they know it has future problems ahead.
Very logical instructions, very calm, detailed and professional. I have seen many of your videos and learned a lot. Many Thanks, looking forward to the next one!
Exactly what I would have said. Ditto
Hey Arne, thanks for the kind words.
Excellent video. Little did I know that there is something called a GFCI breaker. My breaker switch was in the middle position and I kept putting it to ON but it was not working. After watching your video, I was able to move it from the “BREAK” to “OFF” and then back to “ON”. Everything then worked magically
I had to replace the switch with a new 20A. This switch handles high power items such as air fryer and microwave. Started right back up. Thanks dude!!!😅
thank you! it was the last solution you provided in your video that helped! didn’t realize something tripped the breaker even though fridge had its own breaker. once the tripped breaker for kitchen outlets was reset, the outlet for just the fridge had power! thanks!
Thank you my gfci was tripped in my kitchen and my outlets wouldn't work. I am by myself and have to figure things out myself. You are a saint😊
Thanks, you just saved me hours of headache with the switch on the outlets. Finally found the one hidden away.
Thank you so much, our power went out last night due to a storm and I had to reset a few breakers in my home. My outlet stop working. That first step fixed the problem!!
I am so thankful for this video. I learned that my issue was one of circuits was simply in the middle position. Thank you very much!
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Good shit my man. Two outlets died in my house. Both the bathrooms, main floor and upstairs. Could not figure it out. Checked all the GFCI all thru the house and nada. Saw your video, went into my garage and there it was tucked away in the far left corner, another GFCI. Lol. Problem solved. 👏👏👏💪🤙👍👌
About 6 years ago, I discovered GFCIs that also produced a constant sound, like a chime, when tripped. Great idea.
Nice one. In my case a traveler wire at an outlet was loose causing an outage in outlets past that point. Took me almost 3 hours to find the culprit. Just FYI. Thanks for the video.
2 years later and you just helped me bro ! Thanks !
My electric coffee maker was drawing too much current, much like a space heater, and was tripping GFCI outlets in my kitchen, but the setup was such that the GFCI outlets were hidden inside cubbies, not the outlets that I was actually using, so it was a "wild goose chase" trying to find the hidden GFCI outlets so that I could reset them.
Reading your comment in the dark in WA here at 4 am, lol... Pray for me. I'm on the goose chase now 🪿
@@OutInTheBuyah, did you find the right one yet?
Thank you so much for this video. I work from home and lost power to my outlets in the room I was working in. It was the the GCF outlet.
Best video ever… got outlet working again right away.
So glad I found your channel. You are really good with voice, speed and clarity.
Wow! Used this in 2023 and works, thank you!!!!
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Thank you very much! Lost power to my garage outlets after a power outage and used method 2 to fix the issue.
I just love your video`s because you always speak so clear and are excellent at explaining how to fix the problem.
Thank you so much!
Thanks so much for the support!
Thanks a million, the reset button worked, my kitchen outlets on one side went out likely due to using one heater and water boiler on same unit.
Great video. Only thing I might have added was an explanation of what to look for if the GFCI trips immediately after resetting it. Love the channel.
Good vid. Around 6 min you show two reg duplexes that are gfci protected by another gfci outlet that feeds them. You should always use the gfci labels on the protected outlets to avoid confusion.
Thanks for this video. Our bathroom outlets went out and I was able to get power back to them by resetting a couple of outlets elsewhere in our house that have reset buttons!
thanks, I had no idea a GFI could give me such a headache! I learned something today thanks to your video, Thank you! (Hidden GFI)
Thank you. This was really helpful and educational! Straight forward to the point with basic lessons and when you used acronyms you explained everything instead of assuming everyone would know! So all that and not unnecessarily long. Can't thank you enough
Thankyou sooo much😂 saved me, 3 outlets in bathroom downstairs just went dead, there no GFCI in this bathroom, so i knew to check nearby GFCI and hadnt check bathroom upstairs GFCI and sure enough that was the one like 1 hr later, after watching this vid! Again thx!
As always. great video. Great details. I would just add: If the breaker does not reset that's usually an indicator of either short or high load still affecting the breaker. At that point of course further investigation is needed and for those that are not handy a professional may be needed.
I had outlet burned out for 2 years by my nightstand (Or so i thought) Thank you so much. It was option 2. All i did is find a hidden outlet behind my furniture with the reset button.
You just saved me a couple hundred bucks with this video. God bless you.
Oh yes, the seasons are changing in my area for sure. Thanks for the support and best of luck on your projects!
Need one them chirping testers you stick in outlet, tells you got power. Bought one on sale at Sears 30 years ago. Works real good.
This worked for me!! THANK YOU!! I guess I overloaded it with the space heater and hair dryer at the same time.
Thanks a lot I got two of my outlets turned on by doing what you said.I reseted the outlets at the site and pushed the red button in the middle and I was able to charge my phone.Thanks to you I didn't have to wait for the landlord to get home.
Very informative video. I have a GFCI outlet in bathroom and it says correct on my GFCI outlet tester. But another regular outlet in the same bath room, that's connected to this GFCI is not getting any power and getting an open neutral while testing with the tester. Where could be the problem ?
You could have a loose neutral on the load side of the GFCI or where the neutral would connect to the 2nd receptacle..
Also: if you are getting that reading *only* when using a GFCI tester, then the receptacle is probably not grounded (an ungrounded GFCI will trip using it's built-in tester, but a plug-in tester won't trip it).
THANK you !!! The reset was in another bathroom. mindblown! 🤯
**Newb alert** I have 4 outlets (GFCI) which are daisy chained. 2 of the 4 don’t work. I have replaced them all and I am still experiencing the same results. There is no sign of tripping, other then on of the plugs not being able to to test/reset. All outlets show a green “working” status light. Thank you. Love your content.
Hey Noah, So you have 4 GFCI outlets on the same circuit? Do you know if the wiring is pigtailed or did they use the Load terminals on the GFCI to provide power downstream? If they are all on the same circuit I would install only 1 GFCI on the first outlet and then pull from the "Load" terminal providing the power to 3 standard outlets downstream.
Really helpful. It indeed guides me to get and reset my kitchen wall outlets today. Thanks a lot!
I tried the second method and it worked ! Thank you so much! I'm going to feel so accomplished for a few day 😎
Good opportunity to recommend making sure your service panel is properly labeled and that all circuits are labeled. As a home inspector very common to see circuits not labeled in a panel. Always recommend clients make sure all circuits are labeled and to check to make sure all existing labeling is correct. If a recetacle is GFCI protected, but not a GFCI receptacle, recommend identifying where tge GFCI protection is, e.g. breaker at panel or a GFCI receptacle. While it is common for the GFCI protection to be from an adjacent GFCI receptacle, I have seen the protection to be from a GFCI receptacle literally at the other end of a home. Having this identified, likrly at the service panel, will hopefully save someone time and the frustration of trying to figure out why there is no power to a receptacle or what needs to be reset if a breaker or GFCI receptacle is tripped.
Thank You Scott (Liked & Subscribed) Clear and concise, well filmed and edited. You're a good teacher (no silly music) John 14:6
OMG! I have an add on room and the outlet stopped at 6am. I couldn’t find ONE GSCI outlet in my home. Then I saw the third technique…that worked 🥳CANT THANK YOU ENOUGH!!
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Thank you, sir for your clear, succinct and patient exposition. You made a positive impact today.