[ 3 / biz / cgl / ck / diy / fa / ic / jp / lit / sci / vr / vt ] [ index / top / reports ] [ become a patron ] [ status ]
2023-11: Warosu is now out of extended maintenance.

/diy/ - Do It Yourself

View post   
File: 985 KB, 2000x4000, IMG-20190629-WA0002.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
1638917 No.1638917 [Reply] [Original]

Yesterday I accidentally dropped a book on a charger that was plugged to the outlet. The electricity immediately went out everywhere except for the kitchen. One of the breakers won't go up.
I opened it and it seems to be alright, I can't figure out how to fix it.

>> No.1638920

>>1638917

What kind of book did you drop moron.

>> No.1638924

>>1638917
Take it out, just fucking remove it and replace

>> No.1638928

>>1638920
I was carrying a cooking book and tripped over on my dog who jumped out from under the table.

>>1638924
I just looked at the fuses and one of them looks burned. Could it be it? Should I just replace the fuse?

>> No.1638929

>>1638928
Holy shit, fuck if this site retard.

>> No.1638932

>>1638928
>I was carrying a cooking book and tripped over on my dog who jumped out from under the table.

This is beyond ridiculous. Please re-create this absurd chain of events in a video or face trolling.

>> No.1638933

>>1638917
>Breaker
>Fuse
Let me guess, pic not related, right? This is the worst troll thread I have ever seen.

>> No.1638935
File: 3.77 MB, 3120x4160, IMG_20190629_145114.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
1638935

>>1638933
English is my third language dude. This shit.

>> No.1638949

>>1638917

You have to try to localize the short-circuit, a grainy out of focus photo isn't going to help much. Could be the socket, could be wires melted and shorted to eachother somewhere deeper in the conduit, could be a device with tha short that's plugged into another socket somewhere on the same circuit etc.

>> No.1638959

>>1638935
given the pictures pure potato quality, i believe i can reasonably assume that is indeed a breaker and not a fuse

im not an electrician i dunno why it wouldnt reset. maybe the mechanism is faulty?

>> No.1638998

>>1638959
I don't know, it was alright until the charger broke and caused a blackout in the living room. A friend of mine is coming in 30 min to check it out.

>> No.1639121

>>1638935
Looks like a GE breaker. Take a better picture, you dumb monkey.

>> No.1639162
File: 1.97 MB, 3120x4160, IMG_20190630_010435.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
1639162

>>1639121
So I opened the whole thing, started messing with cables and plugged them up to a different breaker. I got slightly hurt by the electricity current but the electricity is back on.
The electrician didn't show up but I managed to do it on my own. I'm surprised I didn't kill myself.
IT'S BACK ONNN

>> No.1639167

>>1639162
You're not supposed to touch the shiny bits. Also kill the main before fucking about in your breaker box next time, dumbshit.

>> No.1639187

>>1639162
Hope your house burns down.

>> No.1639195

>>1639162
RIP

>> No.1639282

>>1639162
Good job bro!!! You took off the wires from a defective ground fault breaker and shoved them along with other wires into a regular breaker. DO NOT LET YOUR WIFE TOUCH ANY THING METAL IN THE KITCHEN. She will die. If you do not know what you are doing with electric then do not. If you want to learn then start reading. How about the neighbor that wired in the outlet for the drier and killed some kid. Fell free to do shit but know what you are doing first.

>> No.1639293
File: 19 KB, 240x249, YallN1ggazPostinInATrollThread.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
1639293

>> No.1639365

>>1639167
They didn't hurt much

>>1639187
>>1639195
>>1639282
Lmao what do you mean everything is ok

>> No.1639383

>>1639365
Run all the wires into one breaker and sell the rest. What a waste - can't believe nobody has thought if this before? What were they thinking adding so many of those in the first place?

>> No.1639407

>>1638935
How does one take a picture this bad in this day and age

>> No.1639666

>>1638917
>no grounding
Kys

>> No.1639753

>>1639383

no doubt breakers and gfis are like guards and handles on angle grinders

first things i get rid of

>> No.1639773

>>1639753
>guards and handles on angle grinders

How else are you supposed to get your circular saw blade mounted when those stupid guards get in the way? And who needs a handle? Just wrap the cord around your arm if you need more grip...