I didn't build the house I live in. Let's be clear about that. What's more, the electrician who wired the house purchased breakers that don't have the convenient clear window that displays RED when a breaker is tripped.
Using a light tester, John quickly went through all the breakers on both panels and discovered a DIFFERENT breaker that had tripped but was not obvious. This breaker in the panel was just labeled: Garage Plugs.
The issue is there are three sets of garage plugs all of them on different circuits. It turns out the electrician put the outdoor post lamp, and my shed, on this one Garage Plugs circuit, not the one
in the photo above.
The post lamp and shed had been not working since just before the ground froze back in early December, but I had no reason to use the obscure garage wall outlets all winter so I had no idea they were NOT working.
It was only in the past few days I discovered the garage plugs were out when I tried to use my circular saw. I failed
to connect the two outages thinking they would be related.
Being in a rush, I just plugged my saw into the other working garage outlets and figured I'd deal with the non-working outlets when it became a higher priority on my to-do list.
Yes, even I have a to-do list! There's always something to fix or improve around the house and right now I've got some very big fish to
fry.
MORAL OF THE STORY: Don't trust what's marked on your panel - EVER. You may want to change out plugs or a switch and think you've turned OFF a circuit when, in fact, it still has power going to it. You could be in for a surprise SHOCK.
Handy Klein Screwdriver
John used the craziest screwdriver I've ever seen in my life to remove the screws that hold on the circuit breaker panel.
Yes, believe it or not but I don't know about every tool that's been ever made. I do my best to know about them all, but it's tough with all the new introductions plus specialty tools used by different trades.
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