Howdy,
I think I'd try removing the hot wire on the breaker and seeing if it
will reset that way. You might have something where you've now got a
short in the wiring.
And you're not out anything if that isn't the case, because you'd have to
remove the wire to replace the breaker anyway. :-)
Mark
On Thu, 7 Apr 2011, Scott Hall wrote:
> So we had some impressive storms here a few night ago and the power went out.
> That's normal, it does that every time there's a storm. Also, each time this
> happens, there's a power surge right before the power goes out (the issue
> seems to be a transformer (?) at the end of the street--the gray cylinders on
> the poles). Usually this fries a VCR, etc.
>
> This time a breaker int the main box has flipped and won't stay 'unflipped'.
>
> Now...before I just Google "how to replace a breaker" and do that, I thought
> prudence dictated I ask someone smarter than me (that's you guys :-) ).
>
> This is a 15-amp breaker, I think (it's the smallest kind in the box), and
> the only thing it's powering are three overhead light fixtures and a
> wall-socket. There's nothing plugged into the socket, and all the fixtures
> are off. One of the fixtures is a remote-controlled fan/light combo, but
> I've got the wall switch that controls that fixture in the off position.
>
> So...my (completely uninformed and only one 'Theory of Electrical
> Engineering' class, many years ago) deduction is that the breaker itself must
> be bad, since there's nothing on the other side of it drawing current that
> could have shorted and now be open, which will cause a fire when I swap the
> breaker...unless maybe a wire in the wall broke, or something.
>
> So...do you guys have any thoughts before I have at this? Am I missing
> things here? I'm about to kill myself and burn down my house? I should be
> testing with a multimeter or something?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Scott
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