Garage electric outlets not working

TEST and RESET each GFCI receptacle.

Switch the GFCI circuit breaker to the OFF position and then back ON.

Sometimes they can look like they are On when not.

Jim

Basha,

You need to determine where you have power and where you do not. I suspect that there is another GFCI that you are not aware of that may have tripped....look again. If not, you need to buy a cheap circuit tester at your local hardware store. Some only need to be close to detect power. You then need to see where your power stops. It must either be a tripped GFCI, a bad breaker, or a disconnected wire. Also, try turning the breaker off and then back on...sometimes it is hard to tell when they have tripped. If you don't know what you are doing, call an electrician.

Hi, Some times good looking GFCI breakers can be bad. Have a multi-meter? Get an El Cheapo one if not, very handy for trouble-shooting. Tony

Get yourself a good circuit tester such as the A.W. Sperry CS-600A to find the breaker. Rich

If that doesnt work..Keep looking, theres another one

Several replies about finding a GFCI are usually correct. Back in the

Sneaky places the GFCI may be located:

Bathroom. Usually needed here, it may feed the garage. Kitchen. Sometimes underneath the sink feeding the garbage disposal, may also feed the garage. Water heater closet. Will not feed an electric water heater, but sometimes the closet is close to the garage, and the GFCI may be hidden in there just because it's convient.

-- Tom

check the bathroom

Basha posted for all of us....

Like the other answers it's a GFCI somewhere, look for outside outlets too.

No it may not, unless some jackleg wired the circuit.

Try every bathroom and lavatory, the basement, and mud room.

Even if the breakers look ok, try switching them off-and-on.

Since I was alone and kept going up-and-down from the attic to the basement and into-and-out of several rooms, it took me a few hours to figure out the wiring in a house that I moved into. However, it depends on how much of your wiring is visible and/or accessible.

Correlate the wiring with circuit breakers - if you know which circuit breaker controls which outlet/receptacle, then start from there and trace the wiring to other outlets and receptacles till you figure out each circuit. If you do this one circuit at a time and draw it on a few pieces of paper, you'll have complete understanding of the wiring in your house, which will help in the long run.

-- Himanshu

Yep. Sometimes that "fail open."

Take the cover off and use a VOM or a neon test to see whether you have power coming to the GFCI. If you do, REPLACE it. If you don't look "up stream."