Yes thanks i am reporting all the outlets. Generally for big stuff he hired general contractors.
His full time hired hand who we dismissed was a point and fix guy. By some of his fence repairs and plumbing faucet replacement and piles of lawn equipment it was obvious he was not handy. I revived a nice back pack echo blower from being castoff with a carb cleaning. I still have a kitchen faucet installed loose to address.
We purchased property on as is with enough discount by gambling home warranty in lieu of a home inspection. You never know what you get with home inspection service other tan a bill and canned report to hire licensed contractors if you want it looked at beyond the obvious. I did get a home inspection company to refund me inspection once after I discovered issues where they supposedly looked.
I agree the water dousing was not an option. I guess i was feeling lucky the intial arc did not shock my hand I figured the rubber soled shoe would be enough to stomp the flame and not fry me though popping and arcing was still happening. I am betting it was arcing of outlet to box an a bad GFCI.
Thanks it is definitely unique a hidden oasis in a metroplex. It is quiet usually except for horse gallops and whinnies. There is a neighbor about half mile away keeps peacocks. They sound like a strangled feral cat in heat when they get going.
Hearing second hand from my wife , The electrician found a faulty circuit breaker and outlet caused by normal wear and tear. Replaced both. Not Digging the idea it took so much to trip. A lot of heat. I still don’t understand why outdoor and back of house outlets were out then they now work. I anticipate another service call.
Sometimes a single GFCI outlet will protect more non GFCI outlets downstream. If that was the case then one outlet repaired would get the rest of them going. My motor home is wired up that way.
It might be a good exercise to power the system down and check for loose or corroded connections on all of the outlets.
I guess I should check if it was a GFCI breaker. The outlet that burned was just a normal Duplex and I did not see any GFCIs tripped. I asked wife who is at the property for a photo shoot so we can rent it to go check the other outlets. I just suspect once one tripped breaker was found he did not look further and assumed all were same circuit.
Just offering suggestions. Maybe it would be a good time to map out the breakers and outlets. Sometimes its hard to envision the logic or lack of it when tracing out 120v circuits in houses.
To save money, contractors line-load off of an upstream GFCI. There’s supposed to be id on the downstream receptacles but they use cheap stickers that fall off. If the upstream GFCI trips, all the downstream receptacles get shut off. Could be why?
My wife just confirmed the outlets back of house and outdoor kitchen are still inop. The contractor was milking the warranty company for another service call perhaps? So more to come.
I was planning to do that when I install motion sensor light switches. The breaker panel has a lot of unused id markers in a bag. Seems nobody ever does that helpful step
Normally, on a home warranty they will give you a 30-day call back window. Call them back tomorrow and let them know the job has not been completed. The contractor will come back out and there will be no additional fee.
Thanks. The electrician said call warranty company. I wonder if the warranty company pays him two trips. It is funny they picked a contractor 45 miles on the other side of metroplex
Sorry, I should have been more clear. You do have to call the warranty company for the follow up call. The electrician technically works for the warranty company, so they have to authorize him to go back out. They do not pay the electrician for an extra service call for going back out. I would imagine they will pay for extra work that is actually needed and was missed, like if you need a couple additional outlets to be replaced.
