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Bad weather! Got a power outlet problem and question We are having some bad weather, it was sleeting outside and I heard the loudest lightening I have ever heard. Im pretty sure it hit somewhere in my yard. It blew several power outlets in my house- one of which is my work room :( We've tried everythign, swithing breakers on and off and nothing powers it back up and its only a few outlets that were blown- the one that has my main power outlet strip with 6 things plugged in to it (maybe that was too many). The power outlet outside that has all our christmas lights has also been blow and wont power back up. I thought maybe this bolt of electricity actually fried everything from the power cord that was in the blown socket but I plugged that power cord into another plug and it works fine. So my question is, what do I do about the outlets that arent working? Call an electrician? We had our christmas light on during this storm and Im kinda thinking maybe lightening hit one of the stupid light up metal trees we had and thats what blew the sockets. Its dark outside so I really cant tell anythign yet.:( |
wow, I'm glad nothing caught on fire....i never saw and heard thunder and lightning along with sleet or snow till last year..it sure is scarey..... |
I'm sure you did this but did you push any reset buttons you may have? |
We've had lightening hit the box outside on the power lines and our house electricity went out. Ask your neighbors if they have power out too. Also I wonder if you should call your city electricity provider and see if it is something they have to fix. |
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Yeah we did. This is just so weird, Ive never had just a few power outlets got out like this. We messed with the breakers and that didnt do anything either. And I was in my work room when it happend and there was no sparks or smoke or anything like I would have thought if the outlet blew. |
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If something like that happened would it only do a few of the outlets? Isnt it usually all the electricity goes out if something like that happens? Thats what I dont understand, I have 3 power outlets in my work room and only 1 went out but it was the one with the most stuff on it. And then my front entry way doesnt work and the outside outlet doesnt work. I have checked all the rooms yet. |
It may have been blown the breaker itself. More than likely if you have GFCI outlet for out side. There can be one or more than one that are on the same circut as your shop. They would have a black button and a red button. Go around and reset them as well. The electricans that wired our house have the gargage outletss, bathroom outlets and 2 of the outside outlets on one circut. My DH is always causing the GFCI to go out when he uses the grinder. We have to reset it in the garage on the outlet, not the breaker. Good luck. We are having the storm here as well. Should be 10" on snow and ice when its done. |
I work for a heating and cooling contractor and we see this alot. First of all you need to report it to your insurance company and tell them that you had a high voltage power surge and that you think lightening struck either outside your home or it close enough to mess things up. They will usually cover all the damage. We had a customer that this happened too, it fried his furnace, his garage door openers, and kinds of ramdom things. You may not notice all the things that it damaged right away. Do call an electrican too. Hope this helps. |
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I had a friend whose house was struck by lightning this past spring. It only caused part of the outlets to not work and some of them even had burn marks on them and blew the covers off. Very lucky their house didn't catch fire, they weren't home at the time either. They had to have an electrician come of course. |
I would call an electrician come out and look at it. But in the meantime I would make sure everything is unplugged from those outlets and turn off the breaker to those too just in case. |
Please have your wiring checked by a professional. The thought of a fire (even later because of this) would scare me to death, so don't take any chances!!! |
You can actually blow a breaker rather than just trip it & the entire breaker needs to be replaced rather than just flipping the switch. This happened twice in an appartment we lived in because the box wasn't grounded. Replacing a breaker is something best handled by an electricitian. Also since you are pretty sure lighting struck I would have an electrician out to check everything just to be on the safe side. |
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