Articles about Troubleshooting

While trying to hang a picture on the wall, thanks to the malfunctioning cable finder, the nail went through a power cable. After a cracking sound the breaker tripped. Removed the nail and than the board. There is a blackened hole on the live side of the cable but the wire inside is intact.

I lived in my house 16 years, a month ago the socket and lights stopped working in one upstairs bedroom. I changed the fuse but that did not fix the problem…

Tonight while attempting to draw water in the tub we felt electrical sensations while the water was running in the tub…

What are the possible fault in home wiring, generator, and their remedies…

I changed switches & plugs in the bedroom. I did each one at a time…

We recently discovered that all electrical outlets in the 2 1/2 bathrooms in our house are not working…

Lights in bathroom will not turn on-Breaker wont snap into position and test will not go off…

a recessed fluorescent light fixture in the basement that did not work. I replaced it with a new fixture which used 2, 4′ T8 bulbs. About a year later it went bad…

I lost power from two outlets at one of the bedrooms on the second floor. These two outlets are on the same wall…

Recently the exterior outlets have gone out. The effected areas are the entrance outlet, the rear outlet, the exterior light as well as the outlet inside the garage…

GFI plug only works when I don’t have the load lines connected. When I connect load lines I get no power at all.

The lights dim and sometimes don’t react at all even if i replace the bulbs or reset the breaker!

This will be a process of identification and troubleshooting in order to discover what may be wrong…

It is unlikely that your breaker is burnt, especially if the problem is isolated to only one wall. Chances are that there is a….

Remove each fixture and look for a pinched wire. Free the wire and inspect for damage. If the wire has caused a burnt area then you may need to …

Make sure to plug your home electronic devices into surge suppressors to help protect them against …

The power must be fed separately to each switch that you would like to operate independently…

Question: I live in a modular home. Recently, the lights went off in one room. The circuit breaker had flipped off. When I checked the circuit breaker I noticed it was warm to the touch.

Question: I guess I’ll describe what I did and then ask the question. I wired my pool pump motor. From the house I have 110/115V going into an outdoor outlet box that contains a GFI outlet. These wires went into the line terminals.

Question: Unfortunately, we are having to turn our air conditioners on already in the Midwest. I have two units, one for each level of my house. My unit downstairs will not turn on. I checked the fuse outside and swapped it with the upstairs unit and it still did not work.