breaker question

10-03-2005, 11:01 PM	#1
tonymull Newbie   Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 9	breaker question i came home to find a circuit out but the breaker was not kicked. it does not kick off when reset, but i still get no power to the circuit. do i replace the breaker? i've seen one go bad before but it just kept kicking off. circuit is just lights and a few outlets and has never kicked off before.

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10-03-2005, 11:22 PM	#2
K2eoj Member   Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 253	breaker question Could you possibly not have power to one side of your panel? (If it is 220). That happened to me one time when a line broke about 3 blocks away. Drove me crazy for about 4 hours.HS.

10-04-2005, 12:32 AM	#3
tonymull Newbie   Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 9	breaker question thanks. i just found that one outlet at the end of the circuit is working, so i must have a bad connection in the next fixture. will figure it out when its daylight. that fixture is a ceiling fan with a pull chain