A little back story: Recently located to the Lawrence area. Home was built in 2005. Interior temperature is set to 68 deg Fahrenheit. This electrical outlet is next to a gas fireplace. The fireplace was on most of the evening. My girlfriend had her ipad charging in the top socket of this outlet for a few hours before she went to unplug it and discovered frost on the top of the face plate, on the screw holding the face plate to the socket, and on the bottom of the face plate. I have not yet taken the faceplate off to see what's going on back there.
I felt very cold air coming out of the socket. I checked all of the other outlets along the outside walls of the home and discovered that they were cold but cold air was not coming through the others and there was no frost on the other outlets either.
With the unusually cold temperatures we are experiencing in Marion County right now I assume part of the problem can be attributed to that, but frost doesn't sound right and I don't know if I need to call an electrician or not.
Has anyone else had this issue before? Are there any INGO members who can give some advice on what I should do about this? Am I making a mound out of a mole hill? Thanks
I felt very cold air coming out of the socket. I checked all of the other outlets along the outside walls of the home and discovered that they were cold but cold air was not coming through the others and there was no frost on the other outlets either.
With the unusually cold temperatures we are experiencing in Marion County right now I assume part of the problem can be attributed to that, but frost doesn't sound right and I don't know if I need to call an electrician or not.
Has anyone else had this issue before? Are there any INGO members who can give some advice on what I should do about this? Am I making a mound out of a mole hill? Thanks
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