We just got home to discover the two fish tanks totally dark and silent. With everything unplugged the breaker still is popping. Last time this happened we had a wet outlet from rain. We do have snow melting, so maybe that's it...
~~TO BE CONTINUED~~
Hubby being an electrician found out that the problem is the Instahot. I just just used it this morning, so I don't know why it would trip something now. You may be wondering how fish tanks and Instahot are related circuit-wise. You are wise to wonder that, since the Instahot is in the kitchen and the fish tanks are not. Well, we discovered on like day 2 of living here that the wiring in this house is completely effed up (For example: the two fish tanks were down, but the Beardie on another outlet in the same room was up). Wires criss-cross all over the house and common breakers don't make any sense at all. So naturally when we saw the fish tanks (downstairs, dining room) we checked to see if things were working in our upstairs bathrooms, bedrooms, etc. Not logical.
Anyway, tanks are up and running again, Instahot currently unplugged. It's OK because I left my travel mug at work anyway.
P.S. in case anyone can see the webcam it's unplugged at the moment.
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009
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oh no! I hope it's an easy fix.
we also have screwy wiring. I keep a night light in our master bathroom because if it goes out, that means the refrigerator in the garage, on the complete opposite side of the house, and at the front of the house (bath is in the back) will be out. Why are those two outlets on the same circuit? I can understand the front porch outlet being on that same circuit, because it at least has a common wall with the garage, but the master bathroom? Not even close.
And yes, the circuit frequently trips, thus the nightlight in our bathroom to warn us of melting ice cream in the garage!
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