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Did I short out my outlet by turning on my deep fryer and my foreman grill at the same time?
I turned on both my deep fryer and my foreman grill at the same time and a while later, the outlet no longer works. I'm not sure if it's because I'm using two appliances at once or if the outlet was old and wiggly.
3 Answers
- Nana LambLv 75 years agoFavorite Answer
check the breaker box!! you might have thrown a breaker. Years ago it was a fuse box and we had to buy the fuses to go in them. With breaker box you flip the toggle switch to all the way off then to on! I use all the outlets in my kitchen on holidays all at the same time with roaster both ovens and all 8 burners on the cook tops and the microwave going during cooking time! NOW I have enough circuits in the kitchen that if I flip a breaker it is the main breaker out on the meter pole!! Whole house goes out!!!
- 5 years ago
Did you check the breaker box and make sure nothing flipped off. Some time you over laod the breaker.
- Anonymous5 years ago
If the outlet is a GFCI outlet, it should have a "reset" button right there on it.
If it's an older or non-GFCI outlet (no buttons), you may have blown the fuse. Check your circuit breaker box and see if anything has flipped from "on" to "off."