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Old 02-21-2019, 03:02 PM   #1
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Wall outlets not working

All my wall outlets just stopped working. I bought a tester and it shows they all have open hot. I've taken a look at the wall outlets and did not find any messed up wires. My breaker and fuses are okay. What would you suggest?
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Old 02-21-2019, 03:13 PM   #2
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All my wall outlets just stopped working. I bought a tester and it shows they all have open hot. I've taken a look at the wall outlets and did not find any messed up wires. My breaker and fuses are okay. What would you suggest?
Do any of them have a (tripped) GFCI outlet?
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Old 02-21-2019, 03:46 PM   #3
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I feel like an idiot. Thank you!
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I feel like an idiot. Thank you!
Been there. Done that. Party on!
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Old 02-22-2019, 11:39 AM   #5
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Its been my experience that GFCI's have a shelf life not unlike a carton of eggs.
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Old 02-22-2019, 11:57 AM   #6
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Its been my experience that GFCI's have a shelf life not unlike a carton of eggs.
You mean like 30 days? Ekk?
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Old 02-22-2019, 12:44 PM   #7
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No, my refrigerator keeps eggs longer than 30 days, LOL but for all the receptacles I have changed out for friends and at work have mostly been GFCI's.
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Old 02-22-2019, 01:43 PM   #8
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All my wall outlets just stopped working. I bought a tester and it shows they all have open hot. I've taken a look at the wall outlets and did not find any messed up wires. My breaker and fuses are okay. What would you suggest?


Did you check for a GFCI Outlet that is tripped.
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I feel like an idiot. Thank you!
Then I am an idiot too. In my case, only one outlet did not work. It was the one on the side of the kitchen cabinet by the door. I ignored it for a while.

Later I was attempting to use the outside plug on the curbside. It’s a GFI and it was tripped. I reset it and the mystery of the kitchen outlet was solved. Duh!
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Then I am an idiot too. In my case, only one outlet did not work. It was the one on the side of the kitchen cabinet by the door. I ignored it for a while.

Later I was attempting to use the outside plug on the curbside. It’s a GFI and it was tripped. I reset it and the mystery of the kitchen outlet was solved. Duh!
I too experienced this. I am glad to help. Just think, one day you'll be able to pass it forward.
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Old 02-27-2019, 08:18 PM   #11
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Any outside outlets? Happened to me and I had a outside gfi that had tripped.
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GFCI Outlet Circuit

In my 17’ Spirit Deluxe Casita, the outside outlet is “behind” and controlled by the GFCI outlet on the side of the stove/sink by the dinette. One night during a driving rainstorm while camping the GFCI “tripped”; it must have been moisture from the rain. I figured out the situation because I had my cell phone charging from the GFCI outlet and when the power dropped, the phone lit up.
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Did you check for a GFCI Outlet that is tripped.
Yeah that was the problem. Thank you.
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Any outside outlets? Happened to me and I had a outside gfi that had tripped.
No it was higher near the shelf where the TV goes. Here I am looking lower.
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