Timeline for I installed a new outlet and tripped the whole power panel... Does a 30 amp circuit need special outlets?
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| Dec 13, 2022 at 3:34 | comment | added | Mark | Your picture isn't showing 30-amp circuits, it's showing 15-amp circuits with a common trip. Very different things. | |
| Dec 12, 2022 at 21:24 | history | edited | Machavity |
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| Dec 12, 2022 at 20:10 | history | edited | steeveedee | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 12, 2022 at 20:08 | answer | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | timeline score: 2 | |
| Dec 12, 2022 at 20:03 | comment | added | Questor | Is your outlet a split outlet? By that, I mean is the top half of the outlet electrically separated from the bottom half, or are they connected? | |
| Dec 12, 2022 at 9:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackDIY/status/1602226753942048769 | ||
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| Dec 12, 2022 at 1:36 | comment | added | DIY75 |
I'm pretty sure I wired the new outlets correctly. But when I turned their circuit breaker back on - POOF - the entire board tripped and all the power in the house went off! well now you know
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| Dec 11, 2022 at 23:24 | comment | added | Ecnerwal | If your first picture wasn't too small to be useful and is the old outlet, you could zoom in and see the reason things are different with new outlets. | |
| Dec 11, 2022 at 23:21 | answer | added | Ecnerwal | timeline score: 14 | |
| Dec 11, 2022 at 23:12 | answer | added | manassehkatz-Moving 2 Codidact | timeline score: 30 | |
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| S Dec 11, 2022 at 23:05 | history | asked | steeveedee | CC BY-SA 4.0 |