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    Oneill474 Posts: 427, Reputation: 2
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    Aug 15, 2010, 01:36 PM
    Household circuit dead
    My son plug a vacuum cleaner that had a short. The electrical
    Breaker tripped, will not reset keeps snapping back. Do you think the
    Breaker is bad, or are the wires in that particular circuit cooked?

    On the circuit how do you know which outlet is first in line and which
    Last. I guess the breakers keeps the circuits separated from one another
    Circuit in question has six outlets all dead
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    Aug 15, 2010, 01:42 PM
    Breaker tripped? Did you unplug the vacuum before retrying the breaker? Did you shut the breaker off completely before trying to reset it?
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    Aug 15, 2010, 01:43 PM

    I'm sure you tried switching Breaker all the way OFF, then all the way back on?
    If you can safely remove the wire from the Breaker, wire nut wire, If Breaker won't reset, It is bad.
    Good Luck.
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    Oct 6, 2010, 09:40 AM
    Update: electrician said nothing wrong with breakers. The cause was many outlets improperly wired many going to ground.
    Work done by some idiot(myself)
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