Hi All!

This is an awesome site!

Today I noticed that my outdoor plug sockets are not working. There are two outdoor plug sets.. one in the front porch... and one in the backyard porch area. Anyway... the plug had a few Christmas light decorations plugged into it. Was working fine the past couple of days. My sprinklers had come on and maybe about after 10 minutes... all the lights turned off. I thought a fuse may have blown... or the breaker had tripped. I tested the lights from an indoor outlet using an extension cord and all the lights work perfectly. The outdoor plug in the front has no power... nor does the backyard outdoor plug. The breaker was not tripped. The plug is rated at 15amps and the breaker its on is 20. I reset all the breakers.. and yet there is still no power to these outside plugs... I checked the plug and wires... no burns.. etc... reseated the cables to it.. still nothing! Baffles me! :confused: Could someone please help me out... and if this problem is posted elsewhere on this site.. please do send me the link.. I searched.. but couldn't find anything like this.

Thanks,
Ash

Did you check the leads on both sides of the breaker ?

Check the entire house for GFI outlets, can be in the kitchen, baths, garage, basement, at tne panel, or any outside.

If you cannot find a tripped GFI , perhaps the breaker is bad, you need to open the panel ,and use a tester, to check line and load side of the breaker. Opening the panel is not a job a DIY that does not know how to do, and best for a qualified electrician.

There can also be a loose connection anywhere in the circuit at any junction box, or most likely an outlet. This also may need an electrician to trace down.

did you check the leads on both sides of the breaker ?


No.. I guess I'll need to have a electrician test it out.

Check the entire house for GFI outlets, can be in the kitchen, baths, garage, basement, at tne panel, or any outside.

If you cannot find a tripped GFI , perhaps the breaker is bad, you need to open the panel ,and use a tester, to check line and load side of the breaker. Opening the panel is not a job a DIY that does not know how to do, and best for a qualified electrician.

There can also be a loose connection anywhere in the circuit at any junction box, or most likely an outlet. This also may need an electrician to trace down.


Thanks TK. I will check out the hole house for tripped GFI's I'll let you know what I found... could it be possible that water shorted the breaker out?. since this was working perfectly before..

Thanks TK. I will check out the hole house for tripped GFI's I'll let you know what I found....could it be possible that water shorted the breaker out?...since this was working perfectly before..


TK... you were right on the dot!. it was a GFI plug in the garage that had tripped. I did not know that GFI plugs can trip on a circuit if nothing is plugged into them... guess that's a good safety call before getting to the breaker box. Anyway, all is working fine now. I just need to reseal the outdoor wall plates again since I had opened them up broke the weather seals... is there some type of paste or some special stuff you recommend for that?

Ashish