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Did I burn out my electrical wiring with Christmas lights?
I currently have 13 strands of the mini Christmas lights (non-incandescent) connected to a 6-outlet wall adapter, which is plugged into two wall outlets. Is it possible for this to overload some circuits? Some electronics at the front of my house are not working, like my garage door opener and my sprinkler control pad. The two outside plugs that all the lights were connected to via extension cord are dead too. Would it be possible for that many strands to burn them out? There are probably 2300 lights in total out there.
I should add that I plugged the extension cords for the lights into two other outlets inside and they all worked.
I did check the breakers, they're all fine.
5 Answers
- DannyLv 73 years ago
You're piling up stuff so much that I shudder to think how you use the system in general. Way back, I basically did the same thing - just kept stacking stuff up until it didn't work.
Get way simpler, map out your circuits, and spread out the load. Ho, ho, ho!
- Mr. InterestingLv 73 years ago
Check and reset circuit breakers. If it happens again, start eliminating one strand at a time to find the culprit.
- GTBLv 73 years ago
Check the breaker panel; a short could have developed and this would trip the breaker. Unplug all Christmas lights first.
- Spock (rhp)Lv 73 years ago
you probably have a popped GFCI or breaker, rather than "too many". That can easily happen if non-waterproof connections on the lights are left out in the rain, for example.
I'd pull the adapter [leaving the lights unplugged] and then start looking for the issue.
by the way, if your laundry area is in the garage [as many are these days], an extension cord from the washing machine's outlet will provide plenty of power for the lights .. if you can limit washing machine use to daytime hours, this'll work pretty well for the season.
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- Anonymous3 years ago
did you check your circuit breakers? you could be overloading the circuit or if it rained the GFCI could have tripped turning everything off
