Handyman Gets Defeated Again/ Outlet Has No Power

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@itsmemike1153 4 ай бұрын

That smoke detector beep would drive me crazy! I have had in my house single phase and 1/2 the house was without power had a bad wire underground below the meter. Also them outlets could be controlled by another GFCI maybe an outside outlet. My GFCI in the garage controls the powder room and upstairs main bath outlets.

@dock_yard1149 4 ай бұрын

Sign of REALLY LAZY people. Just buy a package of 9Vs and GET ER DONE!!! smdh

@thehandymanexperience226 4 ай бұрын

I think I'm getting used to it lol but not in my house. Beep beep

@jamesknightreading 4 ай бұрын

Brian, are you certain you are working on the correct breaker? I didn't see your tester lights come on at all in the kitchen when you swapped the wire to the other breaker. Didn't the lady say it was the 2nd from bottom?

@DrD6452 4 ай бұрын

That's what I heard too, second from the bottom.

@thehandymanexperience226 4 ай бұрын

I could of missed it not everyone knows what their talking about. I should have checked the bottom, but found that breaker that wasn't working and got thrown off. But I believe that was the wire that fed the circuit I was trying to fix

@timcullerton2392 4 ай бұрын

Pull the GFCI breaker by the toaster and see if its wired correctly...the dead outlets are "probably" fed from the load terminals of that gfci...try removing and bypassing the gfci outlet altogether and wire direct to the hot going towards the panel. If they are still dead then check for another tripped gfci (outside or bathroom outlet) like anothe viewer said in an earlier comment. Maybe the gfci outlet itself is bad. Also try tripping the gfci outlet and reset it.

@thehandymanexperience226 4 ай бұрын

The gfci was on a different circuit, there are 2 circuits that feed kitchen counters

@nyczyang27 4 ай бұрын

I just fixed something very similar to this issue. It turns out one of the outlets that feeds a few others, backstabbed wire came undone. You need to check all of the outlets including the working ones my friend. (If your not testing, your guessing)

@thehandymanexperience226 4 ай бұрын

I found the home run, and there was no power on the other end.

@nyczyang27 4 ай бұрын

So it was a bad home run outlet?

@cndream1 4 ай бұрын

She said second breaker from the bottom. Did you check that one? Also I would look for a secondary GFI are there outside or in the bathroom to see if they control that circuit. Also did you pull the GFI in the kitchen and check that wiring ?

@thehandymanexperience226 4 ай бұрын

I didn't check the 2nd from the bottom since it didn't stand out to me. It want labeled kitchen. The ones I was working on were labeled kitchen. I checked the outside gfci but didn't check the bathroom. I wasn't sure if there was another junction. I could be totally wrong, but the breaker I changed was bad . I listen to the tenants only so much. I pulled the working gfci out to find the home run to the panel the blue wire died there. It didn't go to gfci it just passed through box

@throttlebottle5906 4 ай бұрын

not sure of the age/builder, but it was common to have an outdoor receptacle (front or rear) tied to the kitchen circuit. simply a cost cutting measure to save GFCI, wiring and circuits. good enough to meet code(one at front, one at rear). we did that in new construction in the mid 90's, also garage off 1st floor powder room gfci, sometimes other outdoor receptacles off other bathroom GFCI. still seen it done in 2010+ homes with AFCI/GFCI in panels, they just dangle the front and rear off whatever general lighting circuit is closest.

@DrD6452 4 ай бұрын

Before an electrician arrives to troubleshoot and/or fix anything for me I clear out everything around the trouble circuit so I'm paying the electrician $80/hour to move my shit out of the way.

@thehandymanexperience226 4 ай бұрын

Cus ur a good person haha people don't move anything for Noone around here

@throttlebottle5906 4 ай бұрын

probably hits the hallway outlet by door (with air freshener plugged in) and maybe other in hallway back towards the panel. likely pulled through and spliced through others along the way too. the fault must have cleared itself when resetting the breaker before, probably a wire nut off somewhere or a device screw nicked into it inside a box. **also, don't think you checked the vent hood, hard to say what circuit it's cobbled onto. lol

@MattHmm-rq6dn 4 ай бұрын

Yes I like these frequently videos even if it's not mission complete. Yea you were I'm a situation we're there isn't a good answer call a electrician company and have them excavate half the house or abandon it and run new. We all get thoes jobs it's like cast iron drains/plumbing. If they have cast I will not guarantee it will be fixed period. Keepem comming thanks for the treat!

@thehandymanexperience226 4 ай бұрын

AT LEAST U GET IT BUDDY!!! u totally understand!! Thanks I'll try to keep it up

@JimmyJohn60 4 ай бұрын

Tough decision: 9 volt smoke alarm batteries or vodka?? 🤔…💡!!!! Drink enough vodka and the beeping seems to fade away 😂

@thehandymanexperience226 4 ай бұрын

Lol. The beeping definitely doesn't help troubleshooting haha

@throttlebottle5906 4 ай бұрын

ok at 16:31, if they ran rigid conduit and transitioned to emt in kitchen, they probably converted from rigid to emt at the panel end also, so somewhere in garage or near is splice boxes or trough. I did see a blank cover below panel at one point, but that certainly wouldn't be big enough. maybe buried in wall or behind junk in garage? it sure won't pull if it's spliced or goes through boxes at angles.

@thehandymanexperience226 3 ай бұрын

Yea I checked that junction box under the panel, it wasn't it

@johnbarone8948 4 ай бұрын

Sometimes you need a good helper in situations like these, like they say " two heads are better than one".

@thehandymanexperience226 4 ай бұрын

This is so true, I do miss working with coworkers. It's always good to have a 2nd opinion especially since sometimes we get blinded by some jobs

@johnbarone8948 4 ай бұрын

@@thehandymanexperience226 thanks Brian for posting these videos, all the best!

@patrickcowan8701 4 ай бұрын

Just finished 13 straight. Used to do 16 hour day's sometimes when I was young and dumb. Teaching my son the trade right now.

@thehandymanexperience226 4 ай бұрын

Yee- haww !! Get it!! Yea same lol I think I still have a check that said I did like 82 hours in a week lol . That's awesome bro!!

@deechicago25 3 ай бұрын

What type of camera do you use when doing work ? Thanks

@thehandymanexperience226 3 ай бұрын

Go pro hero 11 nothing too special and I use a wrap around Mike that also attaches a light

@kevinvt4174 4 ай бұрын

You might have been able to disconnect the blue wire from the breaker and use a tone generator to trace the break or hidden gfci same thing happened to me I found a gfci in the master bathroom hidden behind a picture. The home owner stated I forgot that was there :)

@thehandymanexperience226 4 ай бұрын

Yea I'm curious what was going on

@ReconSniper71 4 ай бұрын

did you check if a GFI down the line has been tripped?

@thehandymanexperience226 4 ай бұрын

I didn't see a gfci that was on the same circuit

@ReconSniper71 4 ай бұрын

@@thehandymanexperience226 I have seen them in other rooms etc.

@MokenaBob 4 ай бұрын

Brian, Know when to hold them and know when to fold them.

@thehandymanexperience226 4 ай бұрын

Amen!!!

@Mustangg16 4 ай бұрын

Wow not a blocked drain. Starting to call you Ollie #2

@thehandymanexperience226 4 ай бұрын

Lol not sure what that is but yea it's weird what comes in the work orders

@MichiganCustomCraftworksLLC 4 ай бұрын

Either wires are loose in the box or bad breaker stitch in the panel. Make sure that you check all the wires for tight connection at panel

@thehandymanexperience226 4 ай бұрын

Def a good idea!!

@mrdew9042 3 ай бұрын

Brian!!!! Dude! Please tell me where did you get those slip on shoe covers!!!! I seen them on you, and immediately went looking for them online, with zero results lol!! Please 🙏 I need these in my life!……. As you were sir.

@thehandymanexperience226 3 ай бұрын

@@mrdew9042 tidy trax u have to order the size of ur boot. Yea I love them

@mrdew9042 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Brian!!!

@thehandymanexperience226 3 ай бұрын

@@mrdew9042 no problem bro!!!!!! I got yo back!!! Dude ur smart, cus now like every customer will be amazed with your new covers I promise. Makes u look super professional!!

@mrdew9042 3 ай бұрын

@thehandymanexperience226 I’ve never knew these things existed until I started following you! I’m a plumber, so it’s always been a hassle to be in a customer’s home, and going back and forth with those covers or removing footwear just to put them back on to get something out of the van…you know the rest. But damn! Brian Your channel changed my life ! 😂😂😂 btw, great job with that task!!!! ⁠

@jimdarhower4945 4 ай бұрын

Do you still charge for your time there?

@thehandymanexperience226 4 ай бұрын

I could only charge so much and spent too much time there since I ran into other problems and at that point I was done.

@jimdarhower4945 4 ай бұрын

Ahh I gotcha. I was curious as to how it works when you aren’t able to fix something but have time tied up in it.

@tomdale1313 4 ай бұрын

you need to solve these, thxs for sharing...

@thehandymanexperience226 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Tom for making me feel worse haha 🙃

@Jam3s27 4 ай бұрын

And you need to pull those outlets out to if there were a dead short wire could be broke

@thehandymanexperience226 4 ай бұрын

I pulled the gfci out and seen the wire I was looking for and it was dead meaning I was thinking there is a break in the wire going under the slab. I could be wrong. Or there could be another junction box I didn't see

@pit4955 4 ай бұрын

When the going gets tough, the tough get going. You raised the white flag 👎, good vid thx for sharing. Know your limitations 😅👍

@thehandymanexperience226 4 ай бұрын

Yea I hate stupid jobs, and this was one of them! Thanks!!!

@gonzgarr1592 4 ай бұрын

is he paying you timely that is what matters

@thehandymanexperience226 4 ай бұрын

Lol I definitely lost on that job, it was my fault

@Wolfhound. 4 ай бұрын

the next things i would of done is checked the output of all the breakers to make sure they all have output then i would have found all my effected outlets and checked for power then located my breaker for sure my breaker then turn it off and check and mark new effected outlets and then cross check wires from ones that had power to the ones that didnt to find shorts to locate and mark the problem area