Power went out in my room
11-11-2009 at 11:53 AM
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Power went out in my room
So the power only went out in my room... happened when I turned on my hairdryer. But I have a surge protector. I tried tinkering with the power box thing, but it still won't come back on. D:
Any ideas while I wait for my landlord to return my call?
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11-11-2009 at 12:12 PM
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Umm there is this box thing somewhere in the house which houses all the switch thingies for all rooms. During a power surge that normally "trips"/turns off. You have to find that box and turn your room back on? Mine's in the basement.
p.s: I'm assuming the power box you tinkered with is not the main one :S My house has one on each floor then a main one in the basement :S
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11-11-2009 at 12:22 PM
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Look at the outlet you were using at the time - it might have a built -in breaker as well; you might need to reset it. (If it does, it's a red rectangle thingy between the two plugs). Check all the outlets in your area of the house, especially in the bathrooms - there MUST be such an outlet somewhere.
Also, you might have tripped more than one breaker if both the ceiling lights and the outlets have lost power. Go back to the breaker box and tinker again :-)
Is the power on in the rest of the house? if not, then find the main breaker and reset it. If yes, keep trying
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11-11-2009 at 02:00 PM
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We only have one power box and I tried resetting the red thing on the surge protector before I made this thread. Still not working.
This is seriously stupid. It's as dark as night in my room right now. ._.
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11-11-2009 at 02:30 PM
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This happened to me last year.. except the light was on in some rooms and not others.. yeah it was the power box. One switch had turned off (the one connected to my and a few other rooms.. we have weird wiring).
Yeah check if the power is off EVERYWHERE. If so, probably call your landlord...
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11-11-2009 at 02:31 PM
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This happened to me last year.. except the light was on in some rooms and not others.. yeah it was the power box. One switch had turned off (the one connected to my and a few other rooms.. we have weird wiring).
Yeah check if the power is off EVERYWHERE. If so, probably call your landlord...
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D: D: D:
It's just my room.
And I'm waiting for a call back. This stinkss.
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11-11-2009 at 02:39 PM
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Its possible that its a fuse, and not just a breaker. If it is, he'll need to replace it. if it's just a breaker though, either the wall outlet or the box will have a switch or button.
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11-11-2009 at 02:42 PM
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Its possible that its a fuse, and not just a breaker. If it is, he'll need to replace it. if it's just a breaker though, either the wall outlet or the box will have a switch or button.
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This is stupid as ****. ._. Not like we have a living room or something where I can go and do homework.
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This is stupid as ****. ._. Not like we have a living room or something where I can go and do homework.
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You live in a house. there has to be a living room somewhere...
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11-11-2009 at 02:53 PM
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You live in a house. there has to be a living room somewhere...
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Yea, disgusting living rooms that no one cleans with no furniture.
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11-11-2009 at 03:20 PM
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Go to the fuse box, see if one switch is the opposite of the other switches. If there is one, flick it back. If there isn't, yeah no idea.
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11-11-2009 at 06:06 PM
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there has got to be a main switch and a fuse/breaker box somewhere
find the breaker which is off and turn it on...and don't even plug the hairdryer in that room ever again coz the breaker rating of that room is probably low (that means the amount of current that your dryer needs is more than what the breaker can allow
if its a fuse, then you'll need to replace it (but i think they stopped using fuses ages ago)
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11-11-2009 at 06:42 PM
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if the breaker switch doesn't do anything then you'll def have to replace the fuse
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