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home electrical question
Posted on 8/21/17 at 1:24 pm
Posted on 8/21/17 at 1:24 pm
I have some lights on my porch that I turn on and leave on all night and turn them off every morning. Went to Home Depot this weekend and bought a light switch that has a timer/schedule on it so it can do this on it's own instead of me doing it every day, or leaving them on 24/7 when i'm not home.
anyways, I get home and i have turned every single switch in my electrical panel and not a single of them controls these porch lights. The light switch is in my foyer, where there is another light switch for the foyer light, and that one went out, but the porch lights never went off.
How is it possible that none of the switches in my electrical panel control these lights? i do not have another box.
anyways, I get home and i have turned every single switch in my electrical panel and not a single of them controls these porch lights. The light switch is in my foyer, where there is another light switch for the foyer light, and that one went out, but the porch lights never went off.
How is it possible that none of the switches in my electrical panel control these lights? i do not have another box.
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Posted on 8/21/17 at 1:29 pm to TeddyPadillac
you're stealing your neighbor's electricity
Posted on 8/21/17 at 1:30 pm to TeddyPadillac
Just do the work hot and quit being a bitch
Posted on 8/21/17 at 1:31 pm to jamboybarry
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Just do the work hot and quit being a bitch
I did, but i still don't understand how this is possible.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 1:33 pm to TeddyPadillac
You sure you don’t have another panel somewhere? Some houses have a panel and a sub panel
This post was edited on 8/21/17 at 1:33 pm
Posted on 8/21/17 at 1:35 pm to TeddyPadillac
Throw every switch. Confirm lights are off. Turn each switch back on individually until you find the one that is powering that circuit. Somewhere there is a junction where the folks who wired your house were lazy and tied the lights to a different circuit than the logical ones.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 1:37 pm to TeddyPadillac
LOL it's NOT possible.
Unless the lights are battery powered.
Unless the lights are battery powered.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 1:39 pm to TeddyPadillac
Probably running on WiFi.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 1:39 pm to TeddyPadillac
Did you flip the main breaker?
Sounds like you may have an additional panel.
Sounds like you may have an additional panel.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 1:40 pm to TeddyPadillac
GFI in the kitchen or bathroom
Posted on 8/21/17 at 1:40 pm to TeddyPadillac
Either you have a sub panel or somebody ran the lights for outside straight out of the meter, which is stupid but I've see some dumb things..... Trace your wires out.
This post was edited on 8/21/17 at 1:41 pm
Posted on 8/21/17 at 1:45 pm to TeddyPadillac
Take a walk around your trailer. Find the wire leading from your trailer to one of your neighbors. That's where you will find the breaker that controls your lights.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 1:53 pm to TeddyPadillac
Just plug the Wireless Extension Cord (WEC) base unit into a standard wall outlet, and plug whatever you need into the satellite unit. The WEC uses microwaves in the 7.2GHz range, so it won't interfere with wireless networks, Bluetooth components, etc.
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Posted on 8/21/17 at 1:57 pm to MrLarson
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GFI in the kitchen or bathroom
That should be on a breaker as well.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 2:08 pm to TeddyPadillac
Should take that time clock back and get a photocell.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 2:21 pm to cubsfinger
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Either you have a sub panel or somebody ran the lights for outside straight out of the meter, which is stupid but I've see some dumb things..... Trace your wires out.
I haven't turned the whole house off yet, and if there's a second switch, i have idea where that could be.
The house is 30 years old and the wiring is so stupid. The panel labeling is worthless. There is no rhyme or reason outside of the big appliances as to what each switch does. I can turn a switch off that says "den" and the lights in the den go off, and then one of the closets in my master bedroom goes off as well, which is no where near the den. You'd think the outside sockets would all be on one switch, but they aren't. my kids bathroom has two rooms, one room is on one switch, and the other on a different one. It's almost completely random. We have two closets in our master bath, basically there's 4 rooms to it, and if i want to turn all the electricity off to that main room, i have to turn 3 switches off. I know this b/c we are about to do a remodel of it and when we are messing with the electrical theres going to be a lot of lights and outlets that wont' work during that time throughout the house.
I've done a ton of hot work in the house already. Wife and kids are leaving this weekend and i plan on actually figuring out what switch controls what and making an actual diagram of everything.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 2:28 pm to weadjust
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Just plug the Wireless Extension Cord (WEC) base unit into a standard wall outlet, and plug whatever you need into the satellite unit. The WEC uses microwaves in the 7.2GHz range, so it won't interfere with wireless networks, Bluetooth components, etc.
Even so, the original plug would be on a breaker.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 2:34 pm to TeddyPadillac
Yea that sounds frustrating! ... as somebody mentioned earlier, your outside light may be jumped off the nearest GFCI.... also I thought you had already flipped every breaker in your main panel already.
This post was edited on 8/21/17 at 2:40 pm
Posted on 8/21/17 at 2:36 pm to TeddyPadillac
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The house is 30 years old and the wiring is so stupid. The panel labeling is worthless.
Same for me and my house is 4 years old.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 2:40 pm to TeddyPadillac
My soffit lights are like this, I shut every breaker and they were still on
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