It's on its own breaker. Possibly the hall recepticals are on the same breaker. I didn't check. The reason I even asked about this is because it was so strange. I'm no electrician, but I know enough to know it's not normal.
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@Paul B is almost certainly correct in his assessment. Your utility lost a phase to your house and then restored it. A typical home has 2 x 120V circuits that are 180 electrical degrees apart. If set up well, you should have 1/2 your 120V breakers on each one. Your 240V loads use 2 breakers side by side to connect the 120V circuits.It's on its own breaker. Possibly the hall recepticals are on the same breaker. I didn't check. The reason I even asked about this is because it was so strange. I'm no electrician, but I know enough to know it's not normal.
Well, to start, you need to buy a new fuse for the good power supply. Fuses are a one use item. When they blow, they need replacing. That will fix the other supply.I've connected my three XR30w G3 to the 220v instead of 110v (it was set to 110v). There was a "bang" loud sound then I disconnected all. Since I have one spare part of the power supply I tested all lights and all three are ok. However when I inserted the fuse of the good power supply in the one of the bad power supplies, there were another "bang". So the I returned the fuse to the good power supply but it didn't work. Do you know what is happening? Do I need to buy this chinese board? Is there a specific orientation to insert the fuse?
actually commenly when you drop a phase allot is affected like air conditioning water heater more receptacles than just one room and more than likely some lights. so just one room more than likely a receptacle could be going bad, they daisy chain together, or old, or a few things its really hard to diagnose over a couple sentences and to know for sure the problem then being able to replicate the problem again to be sure. but wait till it happens again and see all whats effected by it, if it truely is just one room see if it happens when you unplug something maybeBrew, he lost a phase coming into the house. The power company was probably working on a line and dropped a phase. Then it came back on as they fixed it. It is actually fairly common.
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How is this possible?
The power in my master bedroom was off this morning. The rest of the house was working as normal. I'm looking around at all of the things in the room that should be on, but everything was off. As I was leaving the room to go to the fusebox to check it, I hear the TV click on. Everything is now turned on.
How is that possible without me resetting the fusebox? What happened to cause this? My house was built in 2007 if that helps.
Thanks...
Ok a new update.@Paul B is almost certainly correct in his assessment. Your utility lost a phase to your house and then restored it. A typical home has 2 x 120V circuits that are 180 electrical degrees apart. If set up well, you should have 1/2 your 120V breakers on each one. Your 240V loads use 2 breakers side by side to connect the 120V circuits.
If you lost one of the 120V phases you would likely lose several rooms with no indication of a problem in any other rooms. This could easily make it look like only the Master Bedroom was impacted. All of the other outlets around it could have been working fine.
Should I cut the circuit breaker switch before I check it?Try the switch first, you don't have to stand on the bed to check it. If it isn't there it is probably a neutral in the ceiling fan box
There are areas of the country where the service panels are outside and the humidity is routinely sky high. They seem to do OK. The bigger issue is condensation. The electrical subcontractor for our house didn’t properly seal the conduit with the main service wires, letting cold air seep in and causing condensation on the 200A disconnect breaker, causing it to corrode in about 3-4 years.That dampness will be fine with the breaker box for 45 or 50 years. I worked in Con Edison Steam rooms where it was "raining" constantly and was about 110 degrees, filled with steam. I actually had to take a breath outside the room and hold my breath. The job took forever and there was a breaker box in there.
If you are not going to have it inspected I would not use GFI breakers. On your tank you can add a few GFI recepticles. If one trips, it won't shut off your entire system.
If we went 100% by the code, we wouldn't be able to use anything.
A gfci braker is less likely to trip or wait till inspection then change back to regular receptacles or brakers..ppl do it all the time then change back to gfci protection before you sell the property... thats my quick cheap ideaI am getting ready to run a couple of dedicated 20 amp lines for a 300+ gallon build. This will be in an unfinished part of the basement. Code calls for gfi outlets. The problem is that gfi is notorious for flipping off if you look at it funny which would reek havoc with the reef. I am in the US. What options do I have?