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Wish I knew more about electricity! Our home is new (2007) and there are many many outlets in the kitchen. Every now and then they stop working. Someone told me to reset them by finding the nearby outlet with a reset push button. The fuse is never actually tripped down in the circuit box. So I do this regularly. It's very annoying. It never happens when i am actually using the appliances. They don't just stop getting power. But if they were plugged in and not in use when the power mysteriously stopped coming to the outlet strip, they fail to even work again. My panini grill did this and now my Cuisinart food processor has stopped working altogether. Outlets which work with other appliances (toaster) will not turn it on. Could my outlets (wiring) be destroying my small kitchen appliances?

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So you're saying the GFI safety mechanism on your electrical socket(s) is mysteriously tripping, things plugged in are being destroying, and you're not calling an electrician?? I'd advise that, or soon you may be calling the fire department! O_o (*Note: I'm not an electrician :) ). – techie007 Aug 19 '12 at 19:05

closed as not a real question by ChrisF Aug 19 '12 at 20:32

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