AMERICAN CANYON — Power outages aren’t just annoying—in many cases, the problems they cause can be downright debilitating. Fortunately, if you know how, you can often restore power to your home yourself.
How to Reset a Circuit Breaker
One common cause of power loss is a tripped circuit breaker. In this instance, you can easily restore power to your home by resetting the tripped breaker. Simply locate the correct breaker on your electrical panel (breakers should be labeled to show which part of the home they correspond to) and reset it using a vigorous off-and-on movement. People sometimes have trouble resetting circuit breakers, but this is often because they haven’t pushed the switch all the way down and up again or exerted enough force. When done correctly, resetting a tripped circuit breaker should restore power to the corresponding area of your home.
How to Reset a GFI
In some cases, a power outage may be caused by a tripped ground fault interrupter (GFI). GFIs are special electrical outlets typically found in kitchens, bathrooms and other areas where water is present. While they don’t look much different than normal outlets, you’ll notice a couple of differences: a little green light and two small buttons in between the plug receptacles.
A GFI is designed to shut off power to an individual outlet when it senses a potential hazard. While this feature helps save lives, a GFI will sometimes trip unnecessarily. You can tell a GFI has tripped when the little green light has switched to red. When this happens, you can reset the GFI by pressing the RESET button in between the receptacles. You can also use the TEST button to make sure the GFI is functioning properly; after testing, press RESET to restore power.

Two Ways to Restore Electrical Power

Learn about two effective methods to quickly restore electrical power and keep your home running smoothly during outages.

Two Ways to Restore Electrical Power by Lamine Elabed

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Crucial Info on Smoke Detectors

Fixing Low Water Pressure in Your Faucets

Solving Garbage Disposal Issues

Video: DIY Garbage Disposal Solutions


whether your garbage disposal is jammed
or just smells bad you'll be glad to
know there's a simple solution
today we're in American Canyon with
diamonds certified expert contributor
lamine ella bag of LW construction and
handyman services to learn more I'm here
today to give you a few tips regarding
garbage disposal it does get stuck
sometimes it doesn't turn when you turn
to flip the switch a lot of times all we
need to do is reset this switch this
push it once remove it and turn the
power on again it should be okay if that
doesn't happen it's still clogged then
they had this mechanical hex key right
here this is an open again at the bottom
you know crank it left or right and that
should clear the foot stuff that's
actually stuck in there and a lot of
times you want to go on vacation you
haven't used it for one week two weeks
whatever and it we came back and it
stinks a little bit waited to clean it
alone it's to fill up the sink with hot
water with a little bit of vinegar and
then you have this turned off course and
then when you remove the plug to the
sink to the drain in the sink then you
turn this one on your - on switch you
know this will all inside and clean the
top as well as the model they should do
it that's it for the garbage disposal
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Video: Helpful Hints for Smoke and CO Detectors


having smoke and carbon monoxide
detectors in your home is crucial
however it is very important to
understand how they operate today we're
in American Canyon with diamond
certified expert contributor lamine
alabed of LW construction and handyman
services to learn
more when you pully a remodel permit
from city or county uh one of the
requirement is for them to check for the
inspector to check smoke detectors and
carbon monoxide detector Presence at
your home and they'll have to check that
before they sign off on the pyramid so
let's talk about uh smoke detectors
smoke detectors uh save you save save
your life actually 2third of the death
know of fire are DET tributal to lack of
smoke detector or units without barrier
uh the new state requirement actually is
for a 10year life uh for the lithium
barrier you don't have to replace it and
cannot access it temper proof for safety
purposes uh we recommend that to use
photoelectric units because they trigger
the alert of the smoke in the fire
before a lot faster than the onization
units and remember the only uh the
lifespan of the smoke detectors of 8 to
10 years if you look at the the back of
unit has a manufactur date after that
you have to replace it the carbon
monoxide detector is a device that will
actually detect gas that you cannot see
and you cannot
smell when it sounds you say it's
installed and you have to grab it with
you when it sounds and walk away with it
take the kids take the cat and the dog
and walk away outside and keep walking
away till it stops beeping the reason
for that is Source could be your
neighbor could be outside in the street
and you don't know when it's going to
stop since you cannot see it you cannot
smell it uh that's why it has to be
installed where it can be
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Video: Proper Technique for Resetting a Circuit Breaker


resetting a trip circuit breaker can be
surprisingly tricky
today we're an American Canyon with
diamonds certified expert contributor
lamine Ella bed of LW construction and
handyman services to learn the proper
technique today I wanted to show you how
to reset a simple circuit to breaker
when it's chipped a lot of times is not
completely off or not completely on a
lot of times especially the old the old
circuit to break it sometimes in between
and you won't even see it but the only
thing you see is they don't have power
someplace no lights or something is not
going on in your house so you have to go
to this circuit you know to the panel
you make sure that circuit is completely
off and the way to second and to turn it
back on you really have to hit it really
hard
you have to hear it and you have to give
it a good job and this should restore
the power to your house to the you know
light or plug or something that should
to do it because the reset Athena cannot
do it softly you have to do it really
hard after you from an off position and
you have to a two second if not it's
never going to turn on and look like
it's broken but a lot of times not it's
actually need to be hits very hard to
this one
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Video: Resetting a GFI


if you've lost power to your bathroom or
kitchen there's likely a simple solution
today we're in American Canyon with
diamond certified expert contributor
lamine Ella bed of LW construction and
handyman services to learn more I wanted
to show you today how to reset a GFI
plug these plugs are around your kitchen
either side of the sink and your
bathroom by the vanity by the stick
always close to the water whether it's
in the outside every all the plugs
outside they will have this GFI plugs
whether it's next to the jacuzzi anyway
anywhere is a wet area you have this
device it's supplied and it have a
switch it can check any hint of moisture
and here a circuit you know touching a
human it will actually reset basically
trigger I mean at the tips and shuts off
the power and this actually save you
from shocks to electrical shocks so when
that happens that there's no power in
here and anything else chained to it
would have no power so you have to go in
and push the button to reset it and the
power is back on again
if there is no other problem there is
other problem this thing will work in
and have to replace it but 99% of the
time is what it is it just you need to
reset the switch
it's two switches you want to test it
what he said and you're done
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Video: Second-Guessing Low Water Pressure


if you think your home has low water
pressure you may be confusing this with
a simpler issue today we're in American
Canyon with diamond certified expert
contributor limine elevate of LW
construction and handyman services to
learn more
this tip is about low pressure coming
out of a particular facet your home most
likely the bathroom or a kitchen faucet
over time there is a hydrator which is a
thing that hooks into the end of the
faucet and it's an IRA which means they
have a filter supposed to reduce the
water output to 45% is because when you
brushing your teeth for example none of
the fossils go full-speed
it's a lot of waste of water this
actually reduces the water but for forty
five fifty percent and it's like a
filter and this filter over time
sometimes gets clogged with a lot of
sediment from the you know utility
company or from your water heater tank
and it gets clogged and that's actually
this is the flow of water even further
and be like a chicken so what you do you
remove this thing and screw it and you
run the water if the water's pressure is
perfect this mean you have to replace
the filter in here and you buy this
stuff from any hardware store because
the repair you know buy five or six two
zero one at the time and they do face
that you're back to normal
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