I had the power go out in two rooms and part of the living room I replaced all the fuses but still not working

Question

can anyone heelp me please can not firgure this out like I stated above I replaced all of the fuses and the main ones in my box but have no power or litghts in two rooms and part of the living room

Answer 1

It sounds like the wire feeding that circuit is cut or disconnected. From your fuse panel, you will have wires going out to various circuits, like the outlets, overhead lights, etc. The wire will be "daisy chained" from receptacle to receptacle. It could have come loose in one of them, which will cause all preceding receptacles to stop working. Unless you know what you are doing, do not mess with this. Your best bet will be to call an electrician.

Answer 2

Wow, funny how some people jump right to "You have to have these rooms re-wired." Other dummies chime in with, "Call the landlord or Power company."

The smartest answer that I heard was checking your fuses and the neutral wire. Don't get too involved until you know for sure that the replacement fuse is good. It is actually worth the trip to go get some brand new fuses from the store.

It seems like the two rooms and part of the living room run on the same circuit. The means that at ANY point in the circuit, the power or neutral wire could have slipped off of a receptacle or light fixture. If you have some experience with electrical, take the fuse out (good or bad fuses, take them out of that circuit to make sure no power is running through). Then, you can open each receptacle and light fixture to make sure a connection didn't come loose. After this, put a good fuse into that circuit to check connectivity. If it doesn't work, call the electrician.

Answer 3

You can check whether there is power going "into" those fuse or not. If there is no "power in", then obviously there will not be "power out". If there is both "power in" and "power out", then check the wiring at the connection from the "power out". If the connection at "power out" is alright and there is power at "power out", then the wiring from the "power out" to your switch may have to be changed. If the distance is short, you can try to use a wire to bypass (or run parallel) the existing wiring.

The other thing to check is whether is the "neutral" wiring.

If all cannot work, please call the electrician.

Take care and don't get shocked!

Answer 4

It is potentially hazardous to open the breaker panel and insert test leads and should only be done by a competent person with good equipment.

You need a voltage tester or someone that has one. Check you have 120v on both incoming wires, measured to neutral or ground. If one of the phases is not there then you need to contact the local supply. If they are good then check 120V to neutral or ground on every fuse.

Answer 5

Call a licensed and insured electrician.
You will need to have the rooms rewired. You have old wiring and there has been a break in the line some where. I might be as simple as replacing the plugs in the walls.
There is a chance it can cause a fire in the wall if not fixed.

Answer 6

I have had this happen before---it all came down to one plug in that was bad that had a lamp plugged into it. Unplug all of the items in the affected rooms and see if the power works---if it does then you have one plug in that is bad. Hope this maybe helps. Then you need to plug in things---one at a time and see what happens to determine which (if) plug.

Answer 7

Are you sure that the light bulbs work? they coulld have been burned out when the power went out

Answer 8

could be that one of the feed wires came loose in the panel. if your not familiar, call an expert.

Answer 9

Are you sure that the light bulbs work

Answer 10

look for a GFI that is tripped. maybe in the kitchen or the bath????