I made do for a long time without the use of the outlet. When my neighbor's dad, an electrical engineer, came to visit last weekend, he kindly came and went over the house with his tester. Found the GFI in the garage was shot, PLUS a loose wire in the bathroom. What's more the box itself, when removed, was Very HOT [ although had been out of use for a month or more]. He replaced both the bath outlet and the GFI for under $20. Wonder what this would have cost me had I given in and called a local electrician? Plenty.
He said the Hot Box could've easily started a fire in the wall, so really I should have gone ahead and had it fixed instead of fooling around with it so long. At least I now know that the rest of the house is safe also.
Also relabeled the breakers, which were done slapdash when the house was built. No wonder I couldn't find which one was connected to what.
Glad I didn't try to fix this myself, thinking it was maybe just pull out one and replace it.
Carol in FL
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Posted by: "Carol Griffin" <ctg@tampabay.rr.com>
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