Kitchen circuit out
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Dryer running no heat breaker not tripped - reset breaker now dryer ok but kitchen circuit still out
Buckmaster
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Hey buddy. You mentioned the dryer was running but no heat. How are your other 220 appliances doing? Stove / Ac etc. If you've lost all 220 you may have lost a leg of power.
If it's isolated to the single circuit and the rest of your 220 / 110 appear to be working okay you may have an issue at the closest outlet or switch to the breaker. Is it the whole circuit or only partial?
If it's isolated to the single circuit and the rest of your 220 / 110 appear to be working okay you may have an issue at the closest outlet or switch to the breaker. Is it the whole circuit or only partial?
This. 240 volt dryer running but no heat is indicative of losing one leg of 120 volts coming into the house or a bad main breaker in the panel. If you’ve truly lost a leg of 120, approximately half of the items in your house will be dead (the circuits being fed by said dead 120 volt leg).
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Sounds like you lost one leg/phase temporarily.
May want to contact someone that knows what the hell they are doing, an electrician. I'd recommend opening up the main-panel and perform some regular maintenance, such as retorquing all lugs, all breakers and main incoming lugs. If you have a laser thermal temperature reader, look for higher temperatures on any of the lug connections. A lose connection will create resistance creating a higher temp or an overloaded circuit will create a higher temp as well and a thermal laser tester will identify it.
An open main panel while hot is very dangers to work on so, that is why I suggest you have someone that knows exactly what they are doing.
Good luck!
May want to contact someone that knows what the hell they are doing, an electrician. I'd recommend opening up the main-panel and perform some regular maintenance, such as retorquing all lugs, all breakers and main incoming lugs. If you have a laser thermal temperature reader, look for higher temperatures on any of the lug connections. A lose connection will create resistance creating a higher temp or an overloaded circuit will create a higher temp as well and a thermal laser tester will identify it.
An open main panel while hot is very dangers to work on so, that is why I suggest you have someone that knows exactly what they are doing.
Good luck!
At your age, this ain't something you should be messing with. Just call a professional before you zap your heart.
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I'm going to go out on a limb and say the breaker is toast. I'd cut it off until you can get an electrician out to replace it as it's obviously leaking voltage and you're losing volts somewhere to ground or neutral but the breaker isn't tripping.. AKA theres likely a bunch of heat somewhere likely at the breaker connector. Best to just throw it and keep an eye on it until an electrician can come remove it. If I was closer I'd come over and take a look.
Lose connection in junction box somewhere or an open in the circuit someplace and/or possibly GFI failure being that it's a kitchen circuit. Still recommend that you get someone that knows what they are doing. Would hate hear about an electrical fire next.
Again, good luck!
Again, good luck!