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Troubleshooting

Though most electrical repairs should be completed by a licensed electrician, if you are having a problem, there are things that you can do yourself that may save you time and money. This page has been designed to troubleshoot some of the most common electrical problems in households today. Below you will find some helpful tips from our technicians. If you have any questions or you have determined that the problem still exists, please do not hesitate to call Gardner Electrical at
972-932-3953 or toll free at 1-866-747-1948. Our specialists will be happy to assist you.

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Problems with Light Bulbs & Fixtures

If your light bulbs are burning out faster than normal there may be a variety of reasons why. When the fixtures containing them cannot dissipate their heat it has negative affects on the bulbs. When lights such as outdoor lighting are left on for extended periods of time, they may burn out quicker do to poor quality, arcing connections in the socket or in the wiring of the circuit.

Some Lights are Flickering or Blinking

If your lights are flickering or blinking this usually is a result of a poor connection somewhere along the circuit. If the blink happens through much of the home, a main wire connection could be the one having the trouble.

A Recessed Light Goes Off & Later Works Fine

This is probably its built-in safety "cutout" which protects the light from overheating. It is informing you that the wrong style or wattage of bulb is being used or that the ceiling-space insulation is too close around the light.

Some Lights Get Extra Bright While Others Run Dim

Bulbs may even be popping, and an electronic appliance or two may have died recently. This is a condition that can be destructive to equipment in your home. This is a result of a bad main neutral connection.

Dead Outlet Problems

A set of outlets may have simply gone dead. If you have reset any breakers or GFCI’s you are probably left with a poor connection somewhere along a circuit.

Only Half of an Outlet Works

The most common cause is that use over time has loosened the hold that one half of the outlet has on the cords you plug into it. Your best option is to have the outlet replaced.

Random Outlets Have Gone Dead

Outlets in the kitchen, bathroom and garage have been required since the '70s or '80s to go dead by means of a Ground-fault interrupter ("GFI" or "GFCI"), when the outlet senses a problem that might shock you. When the "GFI" or "GFCI" has been tripped off, you can reset it by pushing the reset button on the outlet. If it continues to be tripped off, the outlet may be bad and you should have an electrician inspect it to determine the repairs needed.

Tripping-Breaker Problems

If a circuit breaker or outlet has tripped off and won't reset don't easily blame the breaker or GFI. It is probably responding to a condition elsewhere on the circuit that it is protecting.

A Circuit Breaker Trips When the Microwave or a Hair Dryer is Used

If the tripping is not immediate, these high-wattage items (when running along with a few lights for awhile) are probably too much for the circuit. If these "overloads" can't be avoided by limiting the use of other things on the circuit, a new separate circuit for the heavy item is the only solution.

Common Electrical Problems with Switches

A wall switch has a tendency to get rather warm. Normally a dimming switch will run 600 watts of electricity and may get warm if used frequently. If you have this happening from another receptacle, that is another issue and must be repaired immediately.

Two switches are suppose to control a set of lights but don't always work right. Occasionally a switch goes bad. More often this problem comes from someone having replaced a switch incorrectly.

Other Home Electrical Problems

Our new clothes dryer won't heat up. Most likely there is a bad connection at the dryer's receptacle or at its circuit breaker. If you have a fuse box instead, one of the dryer's two fuses may be blown.

We hope this page will provide some helpful tips as you are trying to correct an electrical repair. However, if there is anything we can assist you with, please call Gardner Electrical at 972-932-3953 or
toll free at 1-866-747-1948. For your convenience you may also request services from this site.

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