[GH85Carrera]

My wife declared we need to do the spring cleaning of the storm shelter. It is in the garage, under the bay my where my 911 is usually parked. If I pull all forward, the storm shelter has easy access. I started stringing the extension cord to the wall outlet next to the shelter. The outlet was dead. Crap, I used a bit more extension cord to get to a different outlet. The vacuum worked, the shelter is cleaned of leaves, and one dead skink that explored the wrong place. The 1/2 a case of water was replaced with new water bottles. And yes, we have a pee bag, a 5 gallon bucket, and a roll of toilet paper down there. And 100% yes, the dogs will be down there with us as well, and they have a pee rug as well. We have only gone down there twice in 27 years in an overabundance of caution. 10 minutes later the threat is gone, and we are back up.

That afternoon in the 85 degree heat, I played at being electrician. I pulled the outlet to be sure there was not a miraculous and spontaneous separation on the connections. As expected, all the connections were tight, just as the builder's electrician wired them, so I pushed it back into the wall, and buttoned it up.

I went looking for other outlets that were dead. The front porch outlet was also dead. Hmmmmm. Very interesting, and a clue!

The roofers were here a few weeks ago to replace the roof. I wonder if they plugged in something that popped a ground fault breaker. So I went on the hunt for the possible culprit. In my bathroom that is in the garage, was the popped GFI outlet. In the 27 years that we have lived here, it has never popped before. Simple reset, and the magic electricity was restored to the outlet. I just never look at that outlet, as I almost never use it.

Score one for Glen!

The back porch outlet, on the other side of the wall to the master bathroom uses the GFI circuit for the master bathroom. It has popped a few times over the years when plugging in certain items. Why they tied the circuit on the far side of the garage and the front porch to the GFI circuit in the bathroom in the garage is mystery only the electrician can answer.

The house has outlets every 18 feet in the soffits, and on the front and back porch.