What happens if you overload your outlet?
What happens if you overload your outlet? According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, overloaded circuits and outlets cause more than 5,000 residential fires each year. Circuit breakers should trip and shut down an outlet if there's an overload, but if more than one outlet leads to one circuit or the wiring goes bad, sparks can fly. How do you reset an overloaded outlet? A GFCI outlet has a reset button, and when the outlet trips, you restore power by pressing it. If the outlet trips again, something in the circuit is triggering it, so unplug everything from the outlets...