If you find yourself suddenly without power, there are several steps you can take on your own before you call in a professional electrician. If your neighbors still have electricity, then resetting your breaker box can sometimes be the solution to restoring your home’s power. Serving St. Clair, Madison, and Monroe counties in Illinois, locally owned and operated RM Electrical Contractor Corp is the go-to source for residential and commercial electrical needs in your area. Their expert electricians explain steps below to safely reset the breaker box in your home before you call in their team for help.

3 Steps to Reset Your Breaker Box

1. Locate the Breaker Panel

To reset your breaker, you must first find the panel in your home. These can be located in a variety of places, including the garage or laundry room, so it’s a good idea to identify where your breaker is before you find yourself in the dark.

2. Test Each Breaker

Once you’ve found the breaker panel in your home, flip off each breaker, one at a time. Follow this by resetting your main breaker, which is sometimes on the breaker panel itself or outside in close proximity to your electric meter. Never touch the actual meter, but open the panel next to it. You can reset the main breaker by flipping the switch from off to on two times. Before closing the lid of the breaker, double check that it is now in the “on” position.

3. Restore Power

Go back to the breaker box inside your house and begin to flip each individual breaker back on. Do this one at a time. If your power loss was due to a breaker issue, your power will likely be restored by following these simple steps.

If you need quality customer care and safe, high-quality electrical systems for your home, then RM Electrical is the solution for you. Give these experts a call today at (618) 939-0422 to discuss your electrical service needs. You can also visit their website to learn more about their residential and commercial electrician team and services, including electrical wiring and breaker box repair.