jamescity1989
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Ok so my mother owns a 1992 mobile home that she bought back in 2015. We don't really know the repair history of the electrical parts of the trailer.
Well a few months ago the socket in her bedroom started smoking and tripped the circuit breaker (as expected). I suspect the sockets hadn't been changed in recent years. So she wanted a safer socket type so the guy at Lowe's sold her a GFCI/AFCI dual function socket. For reference it is this Lowes socket (click link). The original socket used the backstabbing method but I wired in the gf/af socket using the side wire screw method. The gf/af socket is the first in the circuit. The next socket is where her window unit ac is plugged in I changed it to a heavy duty socket a few months ago when the old socket burned out. I assumed that was due to the air conditioner and it being an old socket. It ran for over a year with no problem. I should point out this trailer was checked out after hurricane florence by a certified electrician and he checked all the wiring and approved it. No water got in the trailer but it did get high enough to make us replace the insulation under the mobile home.
I have checked every socket on the circuit and none of them were burned out but for some reason recently when her AC would run it would kill the circuit. Normally I would be able to reset the socket with no problem but now the socket won't reset at all and no power is going to the circuit. The gf/af socket tripped but won't reset and has no troubleshooting lights on it. The circuit breaker in the box doesn't trip at all which I assume is due to the af/gf socket.
I unplugged the ac in case that was the issue and the only thing plugged in when it died this time was the ac but that socket won't reset still. So now I am back at square one. I replaced all the sockets in the circuit with heavy duty sockets and used a socket tester to verify they were wired correctly.
Can anyone suggest anything else I can look into before I call an electrician. TYIA
Well a few months ago the socket in her bedroom started smoking and tripped the circuit breaker (as expected). I suspect the sockets hadn't been changed in recent years. So she wanted a safer socket type so the guy at Lowe's sold her a GFCI/AFCI dual function socket. For reference it is this Lowes socket (click link). The original socket used the backstabbing method but I wired in the gf/af socket using the side wire screw method. The gf/af socket is the first in the circuit. The next socket is where her window unit ac is plugged in I changed it to a heavy duty socket a few months ago when the old socket burned out. I assumed that was due to the air conditioner and it being an old socket. It ran for over a year with no problem. I should point out this trailer was checked out after hurricane florence by a certified electrician and he checked all the wiring and approved it. No water got in the trailer but it did get high enough to make us replace the insulation under the mobile home.
I have checked every socket on the circuit and none of them were burned out but for some reason recently when her AC would run it would kill the circuit. Normally I would be able to reset the socket with no problem but now the socket won't reset at all and no power is going to the circuit. The gf/af socket tripped but won't reset and has no troubleshooting lights on it. The circuit breaker in the box doesn't trip at all which I assume is due to the af/gf socket.
I unplugged the ac in case that was the issue and the only thing plugged in when it died this time was the ac but that socket won't reset still. So now I am back at square one. I replaced all the sockets in the circuit with heavy duty sockets and used a socket tester to verify they were wired correctly.
Can anyone suggest anything else I can look into before I call an electrician. TYIA