Here's the story..
On Monday morning (damn early), my house had a power failure. Sometime in the day ( I was gone after that), the power came back on. Well, most of it. Two of the three bedrooms and the hallway (on one breaker) had no power. One part of the kitchen and the laundry room lights (also one circuit) didn't work. Since these both were on two circuit breakers, I figured somehow the breakers got fried, even though they both switched on/off via the lever.
I went to Sears and bought a multimeter (always good to have) and a couple circuit breakers (with correct amperage). I replaced them and *blam*, still no power. I took them back thinking I bought the wrong type (even though they physically fit into the spot). Talked to a guy there and he said it was because they were different brands, but this other (third brand) would work. :confused Why would the power care which brand it was?
Anyways, replaced them again and STILL no power. What could this be? Am I missing something? I checked for power with the multimeter, the line I tied into one of the circuit breakers has 120V, but the other for some reason doesn't.
1.) Is it the circuit breaker brand? Do all the breakers need to be the same brand?
2.) Where do these lines going into the circuit breaker go? Could these two somehow be disconnected from there?
I would just rather not pay an electrician to do this since I can probably handle it myself :rolleyes
Chris
On Monday morning (damn early), my house had a power failure. Sometime in the day ( I was gone after that), the power came back on. Well, most of it. Two of the three bedrooms and the hallway (on one breaker) had no power. One part of the kitchen and the laundry room lights (also one circuit) didn't work. Since these both were on two circuit breakers, I figured somehow the breakers got fried, even though they both switched on/off via the lever.
I went to Sears and bought a multimeter (always good to have) and a couple circuit breakers (with correct amperage). I replaced them and *blam*, still no power. I took them back thinking I bought the wrong type (even though they physically fit into the spot). Talked to a guy there and he said it was because they were different brands, but this other (third brand) would work. :confused Why would the power care which brand it was?
Anyways, replaced them again and STILL no power. What could this be? Am I missing something? I checked for power with the multimeter, the line I tied into one of the circuit breakers has 120V, but the other for some reason doesn't.
1.) Is it the circuit breaker brand? Do all the breakers need to be the same brand?
2.) Where do these lines going into the circuit breaker go? Could these two somehow be disconnected from there?
I would just rather not pay an electrician to do this since I can probably handle it myself :rolleyes
Chris