electrical problem

[shiva das]

I have a bit of a problem...I know I fucked up somewhere.
I was only running 2 1000's plus alot of other stuff. I have another room that is't doning anything beside it...an air freshener was plugged in an outlet in the room beside it... all of a sudden I don't have any electric running in the room. It's just dead. I went to check the breaker but nothing is wrong. The only thing I can think of is that I overloaded the wire..but why would it turn everything off?? and how can i fix it?? I went out to turn the water on, outside, and that doesn't work either??? what is gooing on....like I said, I know i fucked up somewhere, I just need help getting out of this problem.
how someone can help me...
shiva das

 

[cocktail frank]

check the breakers to make sure they are really on. sometimes when a breaker trips, it wont look like it is.
shut the breakers off one by one, and turn them back on.
waters off?
do you have a well pump for water?
is all your electric in the whole house off?
did you pay your utilities bills?

 

[Guest]

Sounds to me like you may have lost an entire leg in your panel.Do you have a voltage tester?If so check the two hots coming into the main breaker,if one is dead you have a disconnect between the meter and the panel.It could be a fused disconnect in which case only one fuse need be replaced,if its a "breaker enclosure" style disconnect the breaker must be replaced.

 

[Guest]

If your panel is balanced worth a crap,and about half of your electrcity is out and about half works,that is your problem.

 

[Guest]

When a breaker flips, man, it doesn't go to the ''off'' position. This position is the 'flipped' or 'overloaded' position, and is in fact, just a bit back from full on. It's done this way, so that you'll know which one flipped: many breaker panels have several breakers kept off. If that happened and you couldn't tell, the troubleshooting would be a nightmare.

One of those breakers, is just a ....B I T back from full-on. Check em by going down the line, and with your thumb, push them toward: ON.

One of them will not be already firmly to the 'on' side, and immovable: but will have about 3/4in of springy movement to it.

When you locate that one, flip it fully back, to OFF. It'll give a nice '*SNAP*' TO OFF, then turn it back on;

however it sounds to me, like your well pump is on the same leg as those lights; you've got that circuit overloaded. Do some research on adding up amperage on a circuit, total watts; that kind of thing. the voltage: times the amps: is the watts; so, the total watts you're using is a good enough representation of how much power you're using.

 

[Guest]

He said nothing was wrong with the breaker,but he couldn't understand why it would turn everything off.Nevertheless,information most excellent indeed!

 

[Guest]

Well, what ever happened? Let us know..