Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
The mystery circuit
#1
In our house we have one central circuit breaker box that is supposed to control everything in the house, but there's one circuit not connected to any of the regular breakers and that circuit is a GFI box in one bathroom on just one side nobody uses. That very same circuit also supplies power to the only two outside outlets on the  back porch and deck.. For reasons only known to the mystery circuit conglomerate that GFI will trip and for several days we won't have power on the back porch until either myself or my gf remembers about the mystery GFI. Now there is one breaker that will turn power on or off ,but it's the main breaker to the entire house ,but no other breaker controls the mystery GFI.. The only reason we know that this mystery GFI even exist is because a few years ago I had plugged a radio into the outlet on the porch trying to figure out why it had lost power for several months and my gf had inadvertently reset the GFI in the  bathroom and suddenly loud music was blaring from the porch.. AHAH! The GFI in the bathroom that nobody ever uses.. 
Well, anyway the porch outlet was dead this morning and of course I'm in the garage trying to figure out why.. I went through every circuit and nothing was tripped and then she remembered the mystery GFI in the  bathroom that nobody ever uses.. Why the only two outlets on the outside of the house are run through the mystery GFI in the bathroom that nobody ever uses is anyone's guess .. 
Two new extension cords and phone chargers later I have power to my phone on the back porch . I really could've lived without the aggravation.. 
Making a sign to be placed on the outside outlet to remind me about the mystery GFI..
In the immortal words of my old man, "Wait'll you get to be my age!"

Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse, but the one comfort we have is Cincinnati sounds worse. ~Oliver Wendal Holmes Sr.


[Image: 4CV0TeR.png]
Reply/Quote





Messages In This Thread
The mystery circuit - grampahol - 05-10-2018, 10:37 AM
RE: The mystery circuit - fredtoast - 05-10-2018, 11:40 AM
RE: The mystery circuit - jfkbengals - 05-10-2018, 09:52 PM
RE: The mystery circuit - rfaulk34 - 05-12-2018, 03:26 PM
RE: The mystery circuit - Nebuchadnezzar - 05-13-2018, 04:46 PM
RE: The mystery circuit - HarleyDog - 05-13-2018, 07:16 PM
RE: The mystery circuit - jfkbengals - 05-13-2018, 07:17 PM
RE: The mystery circuit - HarleyDog - 05-13-2018, 10:05 PM
RE: The mystery circuit - jfkbengals - 05-13-2018, 10:21 PM
RE: The mystery circuit - grampahol - 05-14-2018, 11:43 PM

Forum Jump:


Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)