Receptacles Not Working?
If you have receptacles that are not working in your home, the first thing that you usually do is go to the electrical panel to see if there is a tripped breaker. Sometimes when you go to the panel you may find that no breakers are tripped at all, so what do you do. If you are not comfortable around electricity, you should always contact a qualified Maryland electrician. Cross Electrical Contractors is always ready to solve all your electrical problems as well as educate its customers so that they are well informed about the electrical system in there home.
When your receptacles are not working and the breakers in your panel are not tripped; you should check a few things before calling an electrician. This may save you a lot of money. The first thing to do is to see what receptacles are not working. If the receptacles that are not working are in the following locations, you may have a GFCI receptacle that has tripped.
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
- Outdoors
- Garage
- Unfinished basement
- Any area within 6 feet of a sink
Typical GFCI receptacle
A GFCI receptacle is simply a receptacle that will “trip” like a circuit breaker when there is a ground fault. This is to protect personnel from being shocked and injured. The areas listed above usually have the receptacles in them protected by a GFCI receptacle. You can feed non GFCI receptacles from a GFCI receptacle and it will be protected. The GFCI receptacle can be identified by the two buttons on the face of the receptacle. One button is marked “test” and the other is marked “reset”
If you find that the receptacles not working, are not related to a GFCI circuit, than please contact Cross Electric today, and we will have a qualified Maryland electrician come to your home to take care of all your electrical repair needs.