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Shouldn't that plug be a gfi? Or at least on a GFI protected circuit?

Yowza, glad everyone is OK and the house is still there.

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Originally Posted by nocarrier (Post 7980688)

Shouldn't that plug be a gfi? Or at least on a GFI protected circuit?

I know around here, all bathroom and kitchen counter plugs have to be served by a GFCI. I installed one GFCI in the kitchen that covers all of the outlets over the counters.

Re the GFI, the house has two. But now that you mention it, only the breaker tripped. I will look into that and report back. Thanks!

During 2004 remodel:

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Originally Posted by daepp (Post 7980619)

D'oh. Plug must not have been pushed all the way in. Someone pushed the stainless steel canister to the wall, and the tongs slid in behind the plug. At 7:00am my wife closed the door to the microwave above and saw "sparks fly out the bottom" of the microwave. The breaker tripped. Without fixing anything, wife and son reset the breaker. It reset. When I got home, someone bumped it container again and again we saw sparks, and then we saw:

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It could have been worse. The tongs were connecting with 100V. The tongs were in a steel container. The steel container was up against the ss cook top...

How about a few more photos - hard to tell what happened there, Dave... :D

Replace the outlet at a minimum.

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Originally Posted by Jim Horton (Post 7980435)

Ukrainian defense force?

Battle of Hoth.
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Originally Posted by daepp (Post 7980718)

GFI have been in the code book long before 2004. Install them and you will be fine.

Shocked expression on her face :eek:

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Originally Posted by Bill Douglas (Post 7981256)

Shocked expression on her face :eek:

Nothing a little makeup and some sunglasses can't fix.

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Originally Posted by masraum (Post 7980694)

I know around here, all bathroom and kitchen counter plugs have to be served by a GFCI. I installed one GFCI in the kitchen that covers all of the outlets over the counters.

Per code, you can only load one additional recep to a GFCI device.
Check how many you have on that...

Carter

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Originally Posted by daepp (Post 7980619)

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It could have been worse. The tongs were connecting with 100V. The tongs were in a steel container. The steel container was up against the ss cook top...

I'd say someone needs to be grounded!

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Originally Posted by Bill Douglas (Post 7981256)

Shocked expression on her face :eek:

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What do you tell an "outlet" with a black eye?

Nothing, you already explained it once!

:D

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Originally Posted by matt f (Post 7981512)

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What do you tell an "outlet" with a black eye?

At least she was in the kitchen.

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We have a kitchen only because it came with the house. It is a good place to keep the fridge and the beer.

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