Make sure the connections are tight where the wires attach to the gfci
David C. wrote:
>
> Last night the power to the kitchen outlets went out. No unusual
> loads were plugged in, and none of the breakers in the panel were
> showing tripped. I pushed on all of the breaker switches to see if
> any were actually tripped and not showing, and the power came back on
> again. I never did actually reset anything.
>
> It happened again this morning. This time I reset the breaker marked
> GFI and the power came back on (it didn't show tripped). I then went
> into the kitchen and pushed the trip/test button on the GFI outlet and
> it tripped and I saw a noticeable arc in the upper half of the
> outlet. It reset fine, though, and everything is working again. The
> only thing that gets plugged into the GFI is the stand mixer, and my
> wife was using it last night, but was finished when the power went out.
>
> Other details: the appliances on the circuit are the fridge, two
> microwaves, a toaster oven, a coffee maker, a heavy duty stand mixer
> and the phone. It's not at all uncommon for us to have both
> microwaves, the coffee maker and toaster oven all going at the same
> time, and the fridge cycles in and out. IIRC it's a 20 amp circuit,
> and the house is about five years old. The fridge is about 20 years
> old. In addition, the kitchen outlets (and several others) feed
> through a sub panel connected to the generator. I've never had
> problems with breakers tripping before.
>
> So should I check and tighten all the main and sub panel connections?
> Replace the GFI? Replace the breaker? Buy a new fridge? Call an
> electrician?
>
> Thanks
> Dave C
>
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John
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