Electrician recs please

kirnat848

Half of our house is without power...very strange. Dominion says they have no outages and nothings wrong with the neighbors. It went out last night (so I couldn't watch my TV shows!) We're in Sterling. TIA!!

Pam&John

I've got a name but it's at home.. I can PM you with his info tonight, if you don't get a faster response. (it sounds like a main circuit blew if it's only half your house...but I am very much not an expert on electrical matters...) you may want to try to turn off the main breaker at the box and then reset... see if that fixes it?

kirnat848

I did all that last night and nothing, I switched them off one by one then when that didn't work I did the main one and nothing happened. Its really strange bc its only the right half of our house!

RubyTue

Look around for GFCIs.  They are the outlets with buttons in bathrooms and kitchens.  Find every one in your house and check if it has tripped.  Press the test button, then the reset button.  Check your panel board, too, as it could have a GFCI breaker (some of them have rest buttons in addition to turning them off then on).  Make sure you turn the breaker to the off position before you move it back to on (you did this, but its standard advice).

If all that fails, its probably going to involve some troubleshooting and tracing out wires.  I could recommend someone, but the office is in Alexandria and they don't really go out to Sterling, so its not much help.  

kirnat848

RubyTue:

Look around for GFCIs.  They are the outlets with buttons in bathrooms and kitchens.  Find every one in your house and check if it has tripped.  Press the test button, then the reset button.  Check your panel board, too, as it could have a GFCI breaker (some of them have rest buttons in addition to turning them off then on).  Make sure you turn the breaker to the off position before you move it back to on (you did this, but its standard advice).

If all that fails, its probably going to involve some troubleshooting and tracing out wires.  I could recommend someone, but the office is in Alexandria and they don't really go out to Sterling, so its not much help.  

 

Thanks I'll try that and DH is going to call the dominion power again

MrsNJSwimmer

If your refrigerator/freezer or anything else is affected that might cause you to lose money or perishable items, you can take it up with your home owner's insurance.  They paid for my items when my electric went out in a storm the other year and was out for awhile (although they wouldn't pay for my hotel stay b/c it wasn't just my unit - it was an area outage).

meaknigh

We've used Michael and Sons in the past and they were amazing! They were on time, reasonably priced, and the technician was so friendly and professional. (He saw a pacifier under a table, picked it up, and washed it off in the sink - totally unprompted. As a mom, I gave him bonus points...) I even got a hand-written thank-you note in the mail few days later. I would definitely use them again.