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Dec 23, 2006, 09:07 AM
Help
Made a mistake and left the outside Christmas lights plugged in and it rained for several hours. House is only 3 yrs old however I do not see a GFI reset on either the front or back exterior outlets. No breaker is tripped. How and where do I find the reset for these outlets. (Manufacturer is REDODOT model 16807). The front outlet is wet/damp, do I need to dry it to restore power, if so how? Have 50 people coming for holidays tomorrow and want holiday decorations to work. All other outside lighting fixtures work just not the outlets. Five strands of lights were plugged in
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labman
Dec 23, 2006, 10:18 AM
The outlet should be GFCI, but may be fed by another one. Check all the other places places GFCI is required, garage, kitchen, bath, basement, and anything I missed. Reset any you find. Just keep looking. If reseting them doesn't help, you might shut the power off and start checking connections.

Post back if you don't find it. I am not sure who will be on duty this weekend. I wiil be. What family is coming for us will be later. I console myself with the idea I should be glad my daughter has inlaws she enjoys spending the holidays with.