I lost power to all six wall outlets in my master bedroom. I have checked all GFI breakers and all main breakers, I have been told it is possible a neutral on one outlet might be loose and cause a loss to all outlets. Any advice would be helpful
2007-11-23 11:23:00 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Thanks for the answer, and all outlets in room are dead. Was told they are wired counter clockwise around the room. Told to start with the first dead one and go around the room??
2007-11-23 11:48:01 · update #1
Putz with this for hours and hours, or call in an electrician who will find and fix the problem pronto. Your call. I never heard of the clockwise thing. That's interesting. Do you have an AFCI breaker?
2007-11-24 15:10:10 · answer #1 · answered by John himself 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All of the other suggestions are good, common sense answers. Lately, however, I have seen several tripped breakers that the switch has not moved to the tripped position. In that case, you need to turn the breaker completely off, and then back on. If it is tripped, it will take more pressure to turn it completely off.
If there is no tripped breaker, often the problem is in another room that backs up to the affected room. try to determine which outlet is likely the last one on the circuit that is on, and check that one and the one that seems to be next in line in that room, or in an adjacent room, and check there. Often it is a loose wire pushed in the back, or a loose wire under a screw. Good luck and patience.
2007-11-23 12:12:57 · answer #2 · answered by daileyent 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be many things:
Loose wire in panel
Wire cut or chewed by rodents
Looses wire at receptacle outlet or switch
Bad Receptacle outlet
It could be that you lost a neutral or that you lost a hot
To check and see if you lost a neutral, test from the hot to ground and see if you have voltage. If you have voltage from hot to ground and not hot to neutral you have a neutral problem. If you have no voltage from hot to ground or hot to neutral you have lost your hot. What ever the problem is I recommend the 50% method. You try to test half way in the circuit, determine which way the problem is and the break that 50% into 50% and so on.
2007-11-23 11:55:19 · answer #3 · answered by sparky8786 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a netural could of broke in the panel
but if other outlets are working in the same room take the working ones appart to see if the wire that feeds through to the non working ones is broken . most likley someone pushed the wire into the back and that came loose. I find that someone poorly tightened a wire nut
2007-11-23 11:35:34 · answer #4 · answered by vincent s 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It might be a loose hot or neutral wire or bad receptacle. The wiring goes from receptacle to receptacle (usually). The problem might be at a receptacle that is still working but not acting as a junction anymore. The problem receptacle could also be in another room.
2007-11-23 11:48:21 · answer #5 · answered by Gary G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
shops are stressed both in parallel or series. If in parallel then that outlet is stressed on a diverse circuit than something. In different words call an electrician and contained in the destiny consistently pay a house inspector earlier finding out to purchase. solid success.
2016-10-24 23:28:26 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call an electrician.
It's not worth the risk to fix the wiring fault yourself.
2007-11-23 11:56:40 · answer #7 · answered by bestonnet_00 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋