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Thank you so much for your help! What could i do? I feel so bad for my fishy

alot of the time the prolem ends up being that the electrcian that did the old jab and stab meaning there is holes in the back of recept. that can be used but should not be used to hook up the wires its quicker than wraping wires around the screws but not very safe because when you run a load thru the plug it heats us than cools off when your not after a while the very thin piece of copper clad in the plug gets very loose. than you loose power if you dont feel like you can shut your circiut off and checking your recpt for that or loose wires you will have to call an electrician. i dont see very many fuses with resets on them they do make them did you mean circiut breaker?

so get someone in to look at it

OH TOLEEDY!

I have a tv connected to the same outlet (double plug) and it did not work either, none of the plugs do.

i would hope you tried what frank suggested allready and checked to see if you have power on your plug or if your plug strip you said you were using has simply gone bad.

and while the sparky is there get safety switches installed

OH TOLEEDY!

Hooktor
One question is the heater working now? If so it could be faulty. It could be as simple as the plug came loose at its connection, this can easly happen.
I have a seperate power board for each unit with its own on off switch. This is very reliable and easy to check.

Finally take Franks advice and get it all checked out by a qualified electricial.

Keith

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Hi,
I assume that you have a standard duplex outlet. That is
an outlet with two sockets built into it. Take a floor or
table lamp and plug it into first the upper socket and
turn on the light. Does it light?
Next, plug the lamp into the lower socket. Again turn it on.
Does it come on?

It the lamp comes on using both sockets, then the outlet
and the power to the outlet are working just fine.

If the lamp only comes on using one or the other of the
sockets (one dead and one alive) one of two things is
wrong. Either there is a light switch that is turned off,
or the jumper between the two sockets is broken and the
outlet will need to be removed and repaired or replaced.

If both sockets of the outlet work then take the heater
from the aquarium. Dry it off completely, and look
carefully at the insides of the heater and at the
glass for any signs of cracks or water vapor inside
the heater. If it looks ok, then plug it into an
outlet and turn the thermostat up so that it should
come on. Does it? If not, then the heater is
"open" and needs to be repaired or replaced.

I'm not familiar with any fuses that are able to be reset.
They are either good or bad. When they are bad they
vaporize a tiny strip of metal that you can see in the
window of the fuse. Circuit Breakers look like a wall
switch (generally mounted sidways instead of up and down)
and when triped will be partially shifted from the side to
the middle. Some have "red or orange flags" that show
by their side if tripped.

Needless to say, if you are not familiar with electricity
and household wiring, get an electrician to do the repairs
and don't attempt to repair the heater,replace it instead.

Frank


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I cannot thank you enough for all your help! I reset the fuse, but that did not seem to help. If nothing changes i am going to hopefully get someone here to help...

i know i need to learn how to spell but i am really good at what i do if i where in your area a would help you out it is not cheap getting one of us out to your house the company i do electrical work for charges 85 an hour per man plus parts. good luck i would try shuting off your circuit and checking to see if your ploblem is a bad receptical or loose wire in the box

I came home last night and tried to turn my tv on...nothing. I then realized that the heater for my betta tank is connected to the same outlet. The heater was off. He was on the bottom of the tank, really cold apparently because he had lost all his color. My tv is just a little 12 inch thing and the heater is a 25 watt. In all my other plugs i have filters, heaters, light, etc. all connected to one plug with a power cord. What could have happened? The fuse did not blow, water damage maybe??

you must have a problem in either the outlet where you have no power or in the one that feeds it. ive been an electricion for over 25 years or i wouldnt be giving you this advice

It is weird, no other outlets are out, I cannot really remember spilling any water...it is so annoying, my betta is soo cold, i feel so bad

Well yeah, but most folks (myself included) consider freshwater to be whatever comes out of the tap! That includes all of the minerals etc. that are found in it. When talking about the more pure H20, we use the terms "distilled", "reverse osmosis", or "deionized".

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actually the water doesnt conduct electricity the elements in it does dissilled water doent conduct

Hopeless conductor? Freshwater conducts electricity fairly well. Wetting your hand in fresh water and attempting to plug in/unplug an electrical cord will often result in a nasty shock.

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if the fuze didn't go than it may have been water damage although fresh water is a hopeless conducter unlike salt water

if your positive you havent blown a fuse then you either have broken wiring or a broken outlet . either way get a sparky to have a look asap.

OH TOLEEDY!

is there more than one outlet not working you probly have a loose connection some where. if you have changed or checked to see if you have power on the wire on the fuse than you have a problem in one of the outlets on that run. be carefull you might have lost the nuetral and still have power.

Hmmm that's an interesting one...I'm sure we've got electrictions in the house....till then do you know what other outlets are connected with that one? I have issues in my kitchen if I try and use the microwave and the popcorn maker @the same time, both on separate outlets (microwave is one of those over stove deals) The breaker doesnt always show up as flipped either so I have to randomly try and guess which one it is that was flipped (I finally marked it after it happened a few dozen times:%)).
Good thing you spotted it !

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