Help Plz! Electrical Advice needed.

Hiro

Hiro

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guys, i hope someone here is an electrician or has some thoughts on how to track down a tripping issue. here is the scenario :

last night, during a crazy thunderstorm, one of the big green switches on DB board tripped. I tried pushing it back up, but it re-tripped.


i then switched all the small white lights and plug switches off and retried one-by-one and narrow problem down to a single PLUG switch. with that off, i can put main breaker back up. moment i lift that white one, the green breaker trips again.

with that white PLUG switch down, my study and garage are without power. study has 3 plug points and a florescent light, and garage has one plug point (powering garage door) and a single florescent light. Also, my bedroom plugpoints are knocked out.

i have tried to isolate problem by switching off and unplugging everything in these areas, but when i flip the white switch it still trips the board. i suspect that water from rainstorm had leaked into something from roof and that was causing short, but how else can i narrow it down to specific room/plugpoint ??
 
Something on that circuit it causing it to trip. Maybe said thing got damaged by lightning.
Unplug everything on that circuit and put the breaker back up. Plug things backs in one by one to ascertain what is the cause. If it still trips with nothing plugged in then there's a problem in that circuit. Possibly a short or melted wire.
 
Hiro.

If you unplug EVERYTHING in your garage and study, and it still trips, it could be water / lightning damage.

Also unplug you garage door openers, I had a fuse in my door opener die a while back, and this kept tripping the power.
 
thanks dude, i forgot to update this thread.

reason why i was initially not able to track down offending plug/appliance is because it was OUTSIDE :P turnd out, there was an outside light on a daylight sensor, into which water had leaked. this was causing shorting. its not a light we actually really use or need, so i just disconnected it and problem solved! :)

TBlaar said:
Hiro.

If you unplug EVERYTHING in your garage and study, and it still trips, it could be water / lightning damage.

Also unplug you garage door openers, I had a fuse in my door opener die a while back, and this kept tripping the power.
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