If it's not one thing...

[nockergeek]

the_z's brother and sister-in-law came down today to help us repair the porch and prep the house for repainting tomorrow. Meanwhile, tim_almasy helped us run our garage sale (which was a total bust) and move brush and old wood and shingles out from the kennel in back. Progress is already being made on the house - timbers have been replaced, the porch has been stripped down, and the house has been power-washed clean. Somewhere in the power-washing process, though, something went wrong. Oh, the washing itself is fine, but apparently a circuit got overloaded, as the ceiling fan stopped working - as did the garage door opener, and the light in the utility closet, and an outlet on the back of the house. I'm hoping the hot water heater still has juice - it's a gas unit, but I don't know if it needs power for anything. I'd hope it's on its own circuit, as is the furnace, A/C unit, and range.

Thing is, none of the circuits in the breaker box are flipped. They're all on. Either there's a hidden breaker I don't know about, or there's a circuit that doesn't have a breaker (in which case, it'd just keep pulling juice, right?), or there's a sudden wiring problem. I hope it's option number 1, because 2 and 3 utterly suck as alternatives.We so don't need this while trying to move the house.

EDIT: The hot water heater is gas-only, and it's still working. Thank God for that!

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Honestly, it's mostly good - a lot got done today, and overall things are looking much better. It's just this weird mystery circuit issue. Fortunately, I've kept in touch with the last owner, so he might be able to shed some light on the subject.