Power strip sparked and tripped the breaker
When a power strip flashes blue and trips your home circuit breaker, it indicates an internal electrical short or arc fault. Continuing to use a sparking outlet strip creates an immediate fire hazard and risk of electrical shock, meaning it must be discarded immediately rather than reused.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Tossing the power strip in the trash
- 2Cutting off the cord before throwing it away so no one else uses it
- 3Trying to reset or press buttons on the strip
- 4Testing different plugs or outlets
- 5Switching to Tripp Lite or Furman alternatives
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Preferably black and 7-10ft cord? I used to buy APC but theyve been discontinued.”source ↗
“I went to look it up and i have just discovered that it too is discontinued. I checked my stash and i have one left, so i guess i am looking for a new one also.”source ↗
“So I came home from work tryna to plug in my chrome book charger and I felt it like budge and wouldn’t go into the plug all the way and also once i pushed the entire outlet flashed blue and the lights went out of my home.”source ↗
“Power came back on but I am now scared to use it again because I don’t want to die and burn my house down but also hey… could I use this again? Or should I just get rid of it?”source ↗
Where this came up
People with this problem also raised
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- 7Why does running multiple appliances trip the circuit breaker?