Quote Originally Posted by jakester
Number one, don't panic.

Second, is your wall plug one with a GFCI on it? Does it or any of the plugs in the circuit have one of these little "test, reset" black and orange buttons on them? Kitchens usually have one on the countertop plugs in case of water in the plug. I bet you just have to find the one that popped and reset it, maybe behind the fridge itself.

If that's not the case, you need to take some time to figure out which breaker is responsible for that circuit. You should have found out before you plugged in. The problem is you had your fridge and light on the same wire. When the fridge kicks on it sucks a huge dip of amperage.

I doubt you did any damage just move the light to a different circuit when you get things figured out. Stay off the washer/dryer or heater breaker if you can also.
Oh holy shit Thank you! I think you may be correct! None of the outlets in the house are GFCIs except the washer/dryer so I didn't even think of that, but I looked around a little further in the kitchen and the one above the counter has one (I never noticed it), and it was popped!! No, I just gotta go flip all the circuits again and see... I'm sure that's gotta be it!

I was panicking a bit!

Anyway, I've decided to plug my light into the Washer/dryer circuit as I'm sure that'll likely have a dedicated circuit. Now I just plant on doing wash during the OFF light cycles (and I'll probably have to throw a green light bulb in the laundry room).... I think that's probably the best way to prevent this shit in the the future. It seems kinda odd how the circuits are routed through this house with one circuit controlling areas all over the house (upstairs/downstairs). They must've re-done it at some point though because it is a breaker box and not a fuse box...

I'll let you know if for some reason it doesn't work....