Judging by the wide angle view with a garage door behind him, I think this is a demo panel setup. Still, it is a nice, clean layout, no argument there!
I know electrical wiring (did a whole house rewiring at age 14 and didn’t get a single flaw; also ran telephone and thermostats). But, I went to college for computer sciences, tech major. Some of the most hilarious calls are for simple crap like turning off power strips, power strips unplugged, tripped or plugged into themselves! Also, they’d hook up everything; monitor, keyboard, mouse, network and so on, but no power cords for monitor or computer AND they had no idea where they were.
@@themega3023 Been there, done that, since the late '70s. I can totally sympathize with you, I've seen way too many "simple things" causing problems, that a little bit of knowledge and experience should have prevented.
One of my favourite callouts whilst working on maintenance was someone saying their lamp wasnt working and I got there and the plug was smashed open with exposed wires everywhere, i wonder what the problem was 😂
Your second solution just fixed my problem. I walked into my kitchen this morning and the coffee maker was out, all the outlets not powered. I started to stress. I restarted the breakers, nothing. It never occurred to me to find the gfci outlet to reset and wha-la! Issue fixed! Thanks!
I used to do security camera installation and service. I couldn't tell you how many times I got called to locations because someone had turned a power bar off or the power bar breaker had popped or similar things like that.
Good point. A GFCI protects everything downstream So if you have an outlet that's dead that's not GFCI keep looking you might have one tripped. It might even be someplace like the back porch or garage
Boy I sure am glad that you told them that the manufacture of GFCI's added a end of life chip. The new GFCI's will only reset a certain amount of times.
I do HVAC, in the winter we always get calls that the system is cooling instead of heating. 90 percent of the time it's the fan on continuous blow or the circulate function set at the tstat. 👍👍
Some people outside the trades can be very stupid. My father in law would call the boiler service company if the temperature on the 2nd floor was higher than the thermostat setting. T-stat must be broken!
I've seen a non-working bathroom outlet in a townhouse condo, all breakers fine. It turned out to be a tripped GFCI outlet in the basement / garage that was feeding the bathroom outlet. 🙄🤦♂️
Thank you! Two out of three of my outlets went out at night! I wasnt sure if it was from having my A/C on and a lamp that kept flickering but I tried one of the breakers and it worked!!
Maintenance worker here theses calls can be a nuisance probably 90% of the time the gfi can be reset and the breaker but I always keep extra outlets in the truck just incase
Don’t tell people this stuff. I love these calls. This morning dispatched at 7:30 so on the clock. Got there at 8:45 walked in “these outlets aren’t working since your installers were here” check the panel all good see a little sub underneath with a tripped mini, booya it’s gonna be a good day.
GFCIs in garages too. Got a call for that the other day. Tried telling the guy to reset them. Sad part was the yellow indicator light was on and the reset button was sticking out (cooper instead of a leviton).
Some old type BR breakers trips with handle stuck in on-position. I had few customers who did not find tripped breaker, but had no power. I just touched handle slightly it moves to tripped position (middle).
That's what I like about cutler hammer c h breakers. They turn completely off when they trip. So there's none of that confusion on how to reset a breaker
What if the outlet is supposed to have a GFCI outlet but does not? I think the GFCI tripped in my POS old house I bought and now my bathroom outlets don't work. In the breaker box there is the breaker box for the bathroom, the one with the little white button. Does that work like a regular breaker? I want my outlets back but I'm not sure how to proceed
What if the GFCI is working but when you test it cuts the power to that section of the house? No tripped breaker? Was wondering cause my iPhone was overheating suddenly and cut the lights out to my room!
Wow watching this and knowing this is not common knowledge is really surprising. I have known all this stuff my whole life. Several decades but I was obsessed with electricity since a small child.
And for a tripped breaker that keeps tripping and when reset it is easily barely hardly touched goes to the middle position? Is a bad breaker need to replace?
Resetting the breaker is the easiest part of the service call. The difficulty is explaining to some people why they can't plug 3 heaters on the same circuit.
So if my breaker keeps tripping out in the garage like if I blow dry my hair and the breaker is tripping what does possibility mean and could it be costing the extra money? Can you explain part two?
My outlets in two rooms don’t work I went out to try to turn it on by turning off the breaker and back on but the outlets are still not working what could be the issue. The strange thing is power comes on to these rooms once in a while and then it turns off often on without turning off the breaker
All these breakers look different than mine I got a flashing red light with a test button ..it popped when iwent to strip the neutral, I was going to install a simple light from Amazon. It's only grounded at the box😢 but works and light on panel went off after the installation was finished...is this a new type of breaker ???
Some times gfis can trip other gfis down the line so check em all in the area even in other rooms sharing walls. In my old apartment we had an outlet in the bathroom that never worked until we found another outlet directly above it in the second floor bathroom under the sink with a tripped gfi..... Reset it and the outlet worked. Not even the maintenance people knew about it... Oh well at least it worked
Yes, and the unfortunate part of this story is, if it is something as simple as a tripped breaker or GFI, the Electrician should adjust his service call price to reflect what he found, but no, they charge the full price. I was an electrician for a while in my working career, and that was one of the things that helped me change my career. I became an Electrical Engineer. I knew I would never make a good living as an Electrician because of having to rip people off.
What if the gfci is old enough that when trying to see if it will fix the outlets that are out in the kitchen, the test button will not go in at all, and the reset goes in but does not click to show the reset but still has power to the gfci? *hypothetically* when this happened, I already checked the panel, tried resetting the breakers, even changed out the OG breaker for an updated one for safety and updated 2 outlets, Which was the symptom not the problem..
That looks like a Square D style breaker, they have that center toggle trip position, also can have a red/orange flag in a window to indicate a short or overload. Then people get confused when it saps back to the middle. The tan colored Cutler Hammer breakers have no trip position, just Off or On. Is this better or worse? Not really just different.
Love these service calls. Makes for a easy day.
How about only 1 room out everything else on no breakers tripped?
@@dmo848 could be a failed connection in the circuit.
@@dmo848Mine did the same after a power outage I just reset the breaker and it got fixed
Man, I was about to call an electrician and decided to check youtube and found this video. Problem fixed ! Thank you so much.
Can we just take the time to admire how professionally done this panel is. Someone takes pride in their work!
Judging by the wide angle view with a garage door behind him, I think this is a demo panel setup. Still, it is a nice, clean layout, no argument there!
I know electrical wiring (did a whole house rewiring at age 14 and didn’t get a single flaw; also ran telephone and thermostats). But, I went to college for computer sciences, tech major. Some of the most hilarious calls are for simple crap like turning off power strips, power strips unplugged, tripped or plugged into themselves! Also, they’d hook up everything; monitor, keyboard, mouse, network and so on, but no power cords for monitor or computer AND they had no idea where they were.
@@themega3023 Been there, done that, since the late '70s.
I can totally sympathize with you, I've seen way too many "simple things" causing problems, that a little bit of knowledge and experience should have prevented.
*thanks bud, this video resolved my issue!*
That aggravates me when I drop the project I'm doing and when I get there that's all it was.
Honestly I don't know how doesn't try these first. But your knowledge is worth the money. Electricity is no joke.
One of my favourite callouts whilst working on maintenance was someone saying their lamp wasnt working and I got there and the plug was smashed open with exposed wires everywhere, i wonder what the problem was 😂
All trades have those sort of calls. Love em
Thanks for putting this together! Just sent this to my tenant and I'm hoping it solves the power issue!
Your second solution just fixed my problem. I walked into my kitchen this morning and the coffee maker was out, all the outlets not powered. I started to stress. I restarted the breakers, nothing. It never occurred to me to find the gfci outlet to reset and wha-la! Issue fixed! Thanks!
Thank you so much!
Just save me money.. as a single person I really needed this video.
Helped so much !!!
Yes my other half of house is back on thanks. Did both and they came back thank goodness I was about to go in corner and cry 😂
Man, thank you thank you thank you!
This video was the most useful one I found. I unplugged everything in my house. Switch it on and off and it worked.
Did the same thing and it worked for me as well, I’m am so grateful for this video
That is some neat breaker panel.
Thanks a lot lol my breaker flipped idk how to turn it back on it’s 11pm lol trying to game and this helped alot! Straight to the point
I used to do security camera installation and service. I couldn't tell you how many times I got called to locations because someone had turned a power bar off or the power bar breaker had popped or similar things like that.
Also, gfis often cut power to anything down the line. So check them even if its not a gfi thats not working.
Good point. A GFCI protects everything downstream So if you have an outlet that's dead that's not GFCI keep looking you might have one tripped. It might even be someplace like the back porch or garage
That was a nice clean panel box
I flipped it the wrong direction I was confused for so long lmao
Boy I sure am glad that you told them that the manufacture of GFCI's added a end of life chip. The new GFCI's will only reset a certain amount of times.
Really? I did not know that. I was pretty sure I know everything-jk
Dude. Your tip got my circuit back on! You people are ok. 😊
You’re amazing life saver
Thank you so much❤❤❤❤❤
Very helpful boss man
Thanks for sharing 🙏 ,the video saved our night and I was able to have the fridge/freezer work again.
I do HVAC, in the winter we always get calls that the system is cooling instead of heating. 90 percent of the time it's the fan on continuous blow or the circulate function set at the tstat. 👍👍
Some people outside the trades can be very stupid. My father in law would call the boiler service company if the temperature on the 2nd floor was higher than the thermostat setting. T-stat must be broken!
@@KitchenerLeslie2 those are my favorite calls. 😂😂😂🤯
Thank you for this!! I was about to put in a work order
Thank you!!
So if my issues aren’t resolved by those… any suggestions? Whole group of wall sockets won’t work
Thank you so much...I lost power to my kitchen island and the wall outlet...I just pressed the GSCI button and voila it worked!
Thanks again...
Glad I could help!
Hey man, my plug-in switch wasn’t working till I watch your video. It was stuck in the middle. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much. Saved me money.
Thank you!
I've seen a non-working bathroom outlet in a townhouse condo, all breakers fine. It turned out to be a tripped GFCI outlet in the basement / garage that was feeding the bathroom outlet. 🙄🤦♂️
Thank you! Two out of three of my outlets went out at night! I wasnt sure if it was from having my A/C on and a lamp that kept flickering but I tried one of the breakers and it worked!!
It’s so annoying but relieving when ppl call for tripped circuts
Maintenance worker here theses calls can be a nuisance probably 90% of the time the gfi can be reset and the breaker but I always keep extra outlets in the truck just incase
That distro panel gave me a stiffy. Clean af
Until you need to move something around
Small house vibes
You saved my $100+ and my precious time. Thank you, Sir!
Thank you!!!
Don’t tell people this stuff. I love these calls. This morning dispatched at 7:30 so on the clock. Got there at 8:45 walked in “these outlets aren’t working since your installers were here” check the panel all good see a little sub underneath with a tripped mini, booya it’s gonna be a good day.
Thank you! thank you!!!!
Thanks man
GFCIs in garages too. Got a call for that the other day. Tried telling the guy to reset them. Sad part was the yellow indicator light was on and the reset button was sticking out (cooper instead of a leviton).
How do you check if a breaker is triggering under load without risking causing a fire Incase it doesn’t trigger?
Dam I appreciate this 😂
Don't tell em, we charge $120 service fee to reset these 🤣🤣
275$ here in PA lol
Shame on you for charging someones grandma that kind of money for resetting her breaker.
That panel took time, that will be easy to pull more circuits into because the base panel was done RIGHT!
Some old type BR breakers trips with handle stuck in on-position. I had few customers who did not find tripped breaker, but had no power. I just touched handle slightly it moves to tripped position (middle).
Thanks bro
That's what I like about cutler hammer c h breakers. They turn completely off when they trip. So there's none of that confusion on how to reset a breaker
Same over here, some RCDs that's GFI to you have the function fully flick it off then flip it back on.
Face plate screws up and down bro that’s day one stuff
Absolute legend, I love you bro thank you. Power randomly went out at 2am had no idea what to do
Same. Well, almost. It was 5am.
Damn that panel is cleannnnnn
Though, how much did you charge just to come out? And do the simple 2 little things.
YOU SAAVED ME
TY SO MUCH
I couldn't get my power back to save my life after I tripped it. I overlooked the GFI... you saved me! Thanks, bro
It works. Thank you🎉🎉
Those 90 degree wire bends into the breakers kill me. What an OCD thing. Labels are a nice touch for the next guy.
Every established and knowledgeable electrician does this. Article 110.12
What if the outlet is supposed to have a GFCI outlet but does not? I think the GFCI tripped in my POS old house I bought and now my bathroom outlets don't work. In the breaker box there is the breaker box for the bathroom, the one with the little white button. Does that work like a regular breaker? I want my outlets back but I'm not sure how to proceed
What if the GFCI is working but when you test it cuts the power to that section of the house? No tripped breaker? Was wondering cause my iPhone was overheating suddenly and cut the lights out to my room!
mans a God
Wow watching this and knowing this is not common knowledge is really surprising. I have known all this stuff my whole life. Several decades but I was obsessed with electricity since a small child.
And for a tripped breaker that keeps tripping and when reset it is easily barely hardly touched goes to the middle position? Is a bad breaker need to replace?
You touched it, rewire the whole house under 2023 code
Resetting the breaker is the easiest part of the service call. The difficulty is explaining to some people why they can't plug 3 heaters on the same circuit.
Whats with GFI buttons not working? Was there a bad batch 10 years ago
The hard one was the outside receptacles going out and needing to trip the GFCI inside the garage
Thank you I just did it.. my fridge wasn't working.. I was going to call AHS thank God I washed your video
So the gfci doesn’t always have to have a light indicator? I was always told that no light = bad
So if my breaker keeps tripping out in the garage like if I blow dry my hair and the breaker is tripping what does possibility mean and could it be costing the extra money? Can you explain part two?
My outlets in two rooms don’t work I went out to try to turn it on by turning off the breaker and back on but the outlets are still not working what could be the issue. The strange thing is power comes on to these rooms once in a while and then it turns off often on without turning off the breaker
Gfci requires on all island in kitchen now .
I notate this in all home inspection reports. Just wish the client's would read the report, lol.
Thanks
All these breakers look different than mine I got a flashing red light with a test button ..it popped when iwent to strip the neutral, I was going to install a simple light from Amazon. It's only grounded at the box😢 but works and light on panel went off after the installation was finished...is this a new type of breaker ???
Some times gfis can trip other gfis down the line so check em all in the area even in other rooms sharing walls. In my old apartment we had an outlet in the bathroom that never worked until we found another outlet directly above it in the second floor bathroom under the sink with a tripped gfi..... Reset it and the outlet worked. Not even the maintenance people knew about it... Oh well at least it worked
I have a breaker that wont click over from my stove ~ can 220 outlet go bad ? And if so
I have a gfci with a light switch. The outlets work but the light does not, what happened?
Yes, and the unfortunate part of this story is, if it is something as simple as a tripped breaker or GFI, the Electrician should adjust his service call price to reflect what he found, but no, they charge the full price. I was an electrician for a while in my working career, and that was one of the things that helped me change my career. I became an Electrical Engineer. I knew I would never make a good living as an Electrician because of having to rip people off.
But what if my bathroom outlets won't work but there is no GFI reset?
This is true AF. Also just changing a light bulb is common
Lfg thanks bro
What if the gfci is old enough that when trying to see if it will fix the outlets that are out in the kitchen, the test button will not go in at all, and the reset goes in but does not click to show the reset but still has power to the gfci? *hypothetically* when this happened, I already checked the panel, tried resetting the breakers, even changed out the OG breaker for an updated one for safety and updated 2 outlets, Which was the symptom not the problem..
Easy and simple
What about for an outlet connected to the breaker box that doesn’t have power? What’s a safe way for me to check if it a breaker issue
tried both and my plugs still don't work! T-T
Can yah not use a breaker or plunger? I was doing electrical wiring at 8 years old
Tysm
That looks like a Square D style breaker, they have that center toggle trip position, also can have a red/orange flag in a window to indicate a short or overload. Then people get confused when it saps back to the middle. The tan colored Cutler Hammer breakers have no trip position, just Off or On. Is this better or worse? Not really just different.
Gsi is unable to reset... breaker is fine... what now?
If it trips, make sure you unplug things from the outlets on that circuit. If it still trips then call an electrician.
As a contractor I declare 📜 you're doing God's work 🙏 thank you 🤣
Dudes over here taking bread outta the mouths of his fellow electricians.
Do I have to remove the panel cover to reset the breaker? 😂
I've made a living on GFCIs.