Moabfighter
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Found the outside breaker..... flip em all off?
Blew my breaker, plug grounded?
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getogrow
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not the meter cover , but the disconnect behind it on the same pole. (im assuming thats a disconnect to the home)
getogrow
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yes! all three of them ....then go inside and flip the main off to be double sure.
Moabfighter
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My ole lady will be home soon to semi help me on this I’ll have her stand outside by the breaker so she can flip it on after I disconnect the wire. Okay so I see the hot parts. I’ll have all power off and be mindful not to touch those places. I also remember not to have anything in my left hand so I’ll do that too. Unscrew it, pull wire out, carefully flip main back on, she flips the outside one back on, and then I flip the breaker back to on? Or flip it back to on before I turn the main lever inside back on?
natureboygrower
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This is where a multimeter or even pen wand would come in handy where you could TRIPLE check theres no power coming into the house. Might be something to look for your next trip to the depot. Just treat that panel( that you've completely shut all mains off to ) like its HOT! Always good practice.
Moabfighter
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I don’t intend to touch anything in there with my physical fingers. I’m pretty sure my screw driver is magnetized maybe I won’t even have to grab the screw. I’ll use a pair of Insulated pliers to pull the cord from the hole.
natureboygrower
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I flip it on manually after your outside main has been turned on. Those are what we call "mini-breakers" where I am.
getogrow
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wait till its all turned back on then try to flip the "bad breaker": to the on position.
With the outside breaker turned off , EVERYTHING in your inside box is dead.including the circled parts in the pic..... but just to be careful....asssume its live.
natureboygrower
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Screw does not come out. Just back it out enough to pull the black wire out
Moabfighter
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Gonna use this dead example as the hottest example possible just for my own well being. I’ll treat it hotter than hell.
Moabfighter
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Thank you for that info
getogrow
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dont unscrew it very much and it wont come out ....it will just loosen enough to let go of the wire..... you wont drop a screw.
Moabfighter
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Well. Ole lady just got here with lunch. The cover is off breaker box inside and outside so this will be semi fixed today. We will come to some sort of finding I do believe. Give me 20 minutes
Moabfighter
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Ole lady is semi interested in the reasoning. Basically I’m telling her the power pole in a nutshell feeds the breaker box. By removing that wire, which I gathered the wire goes “to” all my stuff inside, anyway, removing the wire which could possibly be shorting the breaker out, once removed we will find out of the power going to breaker is fine when breaker stays on ie good breaker. Or breaker clicks back to off with nothing on it, meaning bad breaker. Yeah?
not scientifically accurate but for the sake of analogy... yeah?
not scientifically accurate but for the sake of analogy... yeah?
Dougnsalem
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I've got some popcorn going.....
natureboygrower
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Yes. But I have replaced breakers that were not in the 'floating' or tripped position that were bad. Id replace it either way. We'll cross that bridge when we get there lol
