Power surged, now no major appliances work

[no4njnk]

The power in out house surged and now none of the major appliances work and the lights are dimmer than normal. I already checked the main breaker but flipping that did not change anything. Any ideas? House is around 5 years old and from some research I have read that some of the newer breaker panels are not that great.

[ELVIS]

gfci outlets?

god bless.

[no4njnk]

All are good, plus they are on different breakers.

[Vertnut]

Sounds like something in the panel went. I'd try turning off all the breakers and resetting each one slowly. If it's no help, you'll need to call someone. By the way, "major" appliances won't run on GCI's.

[no4njnk]

Nada, I'll get someone out tomorrow to check out the box. As with all things I am sure it is something like a bad ground or something.

[no4njnk]

Or Oncor said an underground transformer blew. Well that explains it.

[ceyko]

Yeah, may have to get insurance involved.

[71chevellejohn]

If the appliances are damaged, then be sure to talk to Oncor for possible compensation/reimbursement. Years ago, we had a customer's home in which the electric company dropped the neutral to their house and it fried everything. The provider ended up cutting them a check for everything.

[ceyko]

If the appliances are damaged, then be sure to talk to Oncor for possible compensation/reimbursement. Years ago, we had a customer's home in which the electric company dropped the neutral to their house and it fried everything. The provider ended up cutting them a check for everything.

All the stories I know of, insurance covered it. Come to think of it though, those were from storms. Nice to know the electric company may assume responsibility for these things.

[no4njnk]

So far everything is good, will try the oven out tonight to make sure it works. Most importantly the ACs work.

[bcoop]

By the way, "major" appliances won't run on GCI's.

For now... We are having hell on the commercial side of things, and GFCI outlets are the cause of many, many issues.

[Vertnut]

For now... We are having hell on the commercial side of things, and GFCI outlets are the cause of many, many issues.

Try building someone a $400k house that pops a breaker every time they turn a hair dryer or curling iron on in a bedroom. Besides "wet area's", code now requires these for every bedroom, too.

[bcoop]

Try building someone a $400k house that pops a breaker every time they turn a hair dryer or curling iron on in a bedroom. Besides "wet area's", code now requires these for every bedroom, too.

Oh I'm well aware. We use auto reversing fans, and variable speed motors in nearly everything. You gotta love the monkeys that see something, and say "Well, we need to use these everywhere, no matter what. Let's get that code updated."

GFCI's do more harm than good as far as I'm concerned. They weaken, they trip, they have a short life cycle, anything with spikes in voltaqe, you might as well throw in the trash...


They fucking suck. Great idea in theory, when reality is that shit doesn't work that way.

[black2002ls]

Try building someone a $400k house that pops a breaker every time they turn a hair dryer or curling iron on in a bedroom. Besides "wet area's", code now requires these for every bedroom, too.

We have the same issue with the houses we build. Those things are a damn nightmare. Power surge, turn on a vacuum or other appliance that has a large initial surge.

Some of our inspectors are saying they expect them to eventaully be all through the house, not just in certain areas

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[Vertnut]

I had my electrician come in and replace all that horseshit in the house I'm in now.
In case folks haven't figured it out, they also go bad rather quickly and need replacement. What a racket.