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bturnre
Aug 31, 2013, 01:38 PM
I had an outlet in my garage blow. I have 2 other outlets in there and one is a gfi outlet.
I replaced the blown outlet but nothing is working. Gfi outlet has a yellow light on and will not reset. Garage doors are connected to the same circuit and still work.
What to do next?
stanfortyman
Aug 31, 2013, 05:14 PM
What does "I had an outlet in my garage blow" mean? Did it stop working? Did something short out? Did it explode?
If you have a GFI with an amber light and it will not reset it almost certainly means it is doing it's job and there is a problem downstream. Check every box that is on the same circuit.
bturnre
Sep 1, 2013, 08:11 AM
I had a frig connected to the outlet. I came in one day and the frig was off and the outlet was black
stanfortyman
Sep 1, 2013, 08:13 AM
If you replaced the receptacle and the GFI will still not reset then you still have a ground fault somewhere, or the shorting receptacle caused the GFI to fail.
bturnre
Sep 1, 2013, 09:22 AM
Thank you