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Why does the Outlet stops working after an appliance is plugged in?
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∙ 14y ago
Check for a loose wire connection on the sides of the outlet that you plug into that causes the other two outlets to stop working. Are the screws tight? There will probably be two wires on each side, one will be the feed coming to that oulet and the other one will feed to the other outlets. Also a possible loose connection in the box that the outlet is mounted in, such as a loose or broken wire in a wire nut. Remember to shut off the power to this circuit while working on it. I hope this will help. Polarity on the third outlet could be reversed. It will blow the circuit. Is it possibly current drain i.e are there too many outlets and is the appliance something that uses a lot of current? This can be discovered by reading the manual. If lets say the junction box or fuse box had been replaced by a solid wire then this would allow more current to flow. If this wire(fuse replaced) is supplying the three outlets and a short circuit is in the appliance. The first answer is correct. The other two may be true statements, but they do not address this question.
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∙ 17y ago
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∙ 14y agoWithout some more information, it is hard to tell. I may be wrong, but I am going to assume it is a kitchen appliance plugged into an outlet on your kitchen counter. These outlets are protected by a ground fault detector. It is an outlet (probably more than one) somewhere in your kitchen that doesn't look like a regular outlet. It should have two buttons on it, one test, and one reset. Push the reset button, and try the appliance again. If it trips again, there is probably something wrong with your appliance and needs to be fixed or replaced. If you don't find one of these GFCI outlets in your kitchen, check your electrical panel. There may be a breaker in there that has a test/reset button on it.
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