I am not much of a DIYer btw and I am going to have to pay someone to diagnose and repair my problem. Here is my question.
1. I live in a double wide mobile home.
2. Roommate was in kitchen cooking.
3. 4 kitchen lights were on and, the electric stove, and the hood vent over the stove.
4. With no warning, all 4 kitchen lights went off and the stove hood vent.
5. The stove still works.
6. All electrical outlets in kitchen still work.
7. No breakers were tripped in electrical panel.
8. ground-fault circuit interrupter in kitchen was not tripped but I did manually trip and reset it.
9. I tested all breakers in electrical panel by turning them off one by one to see what lights and outlets in the mobile home were affected and noted them.
10. All but two of the breakers did something.
11. My question is I have contacted Mr. Electric to come out and diagnose and quote me a repair. They may be too expensive, I dunno yet.
12. They charge a $29 dollar dispatch fee, but if you allow them to do the work, they waive this fee and you pay what the electrician quotes you on what the job will cost. If you decline, you pay the dispatch fee, get a free diagnosis I suppose, but then must still find someone else to repair if you can not DIY and I can not DIY.
13. My question is can breakers themselves go bad sometimes and need replacing like the two I tripped and found they did nothing so perhaps these two were supplying electrical current to my 4 kitchen lights and stove hood vent.
14. Please, if you have any comments or suggestions on what might be wrong, I would appreciate your comments and feedback.
15. I don't think a mouse has chewed into a wire or anything like that and caused some kind of a short because no breakers were tripped and mobile home is kept in very good shape. It is 15 years old though.
* Thanks for reading and any tips or suggestions will be sincerely appreciated.
If just two breakers are bad and need replacing, how much should you or would you be willing to pay for a job like this?
Have you ever hired Mr. Electric for any kind of residential electrical work? Are they good and how expensive are they? They say they are open and available 24/7, so this must be some kind of a franchise. Any comments or feedback most appreciated. Thanks!
http://www.mrelectric.com/
Here is a picture of Mr. electric I pulled off google so you guys will know exactly who I am talking about.