So 3 outlets no longer have juice. I don't know which breaker they are on, so I re-set all of them twice. Still nothing. What could have gone wrong? I left a radio turned on and plugged into one of the outlets in case the power mysteriously comes back. Thanks for any advice.
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lost power to 3 outlets??
- Thread starter m.breen
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sounds like you lost a connection somewhere upstream of the outlets
mikebaker1129
Well-known member
GFCI is what it sounds like to me .
Check out on the front of the house or the garage.
Reset and power on.
Check out on the front of the house or the garage.
Reset and power on.
manwithtools
ALLIANCE MEMBER
Could be a neutral loosened up too. Look at all the connections for that circuit. If you are not comfortable doing so, call an electrician.
wyliesdiesels
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Where are these outlets located?
Its either a bad splice in a pig tail or a back-stabbed outlet that gave up the ghost.
Its either a bad splice in a pig tail or a back-stabbed outlet that gave up the ghost.
zmaxmotorsports
Well-known member
Start by checking connections at each end of the 3
ard
Well-known member
Thanks for the replies. No gfci,s.
No gfcis in the home? Or none of the three are gfcis?
One in kitchen, main floor. 2 in basement close to each other.
Any reason to believe that the ones in the basement were stubbed off the kitchen circuit, or do they look original to the house?
Is the kitchen one near the breaker box, or could there be an outlet between it and the breaker box?
My guess is that there is an outlet or two on that circuit between the dead outlet and the breaker box and the circuit has opened up at the dead outlet or the one just upline from it.
Does this house look to have original wiring or has it been retrofit and added onto? age of the house?
lg
no neat sig line
Marctrees
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Very good Idea w the Radio.
Good thinking.
Larry sed - "My guess is that there is an outlet or two on that circuit between the dead outlet and the breaker box and the circuit has opened up at the dead outlet or the one just upline from it."
Yup., well explained.
WHERE in the house are these recepts?
I still wanna make positive they are not off a GFI.
IF it is not a tripped GFI issue, then your problem highly probable is in.........the closest to these three other recept that is hot, or.. in the dead recept closest to the closest hot one, as per Larry.
And so it's a poor connection like said above, very likely a backstab as Wylie said.
If you are not used to going into boxes, You COULD start by first finding the closest hot and the closest dead one to each other, and plug in a tight fitting 3 wire cord into them, put a small reasonable sideways wiggle on the cord end.. WHILE your power is on and you know the radio is "On" and loud.
You very well may get radio action, found the box w the loose connection.
Obviously, the faster the radio puts out after being energized, the better for this.
If it not fast, plug in a lamp w fast on old school lightbulb in it you can see.
Anyway, it would help us to know - Approx age of house... WHERE..what room these are in. Marc
Good thinking.
Larry sed - "My guess is that there is an outlet or two on that circuit between the dead outlet and the breaker box and the circuit has opened up at the dead outlet or the one just upline from it."
Yup., well explained.
WHERE in the house are these recepts?
I still wanna make positive they are not off a GFI.
IF it is not a tripped GFI issue, then your problem highly probable is in.........the closest to these three other recept that is hot, or.. in the dead recept closest to the closest hot one, as per Larry.
And so it's a poor connection like said above, very likely a backstab as Wylie said.
If you are not used to going into boxes, You COULD start by first finding the closest hot and the closest dead one to each other, and plug in a tight fitting 3 wire cord into them, put a small reasonable sideways wiggle on the cord end.. WHILE your power is on and you know the radio is "On" and loud.
You very well may get radio action, found the box w the loose connection.
Obviously, the faster the radio puts out after being energized, the better for this.
If it not fast, plug in a lamp w fast on old school lightbulb in it you can see.
Anyway, it would help us to know - Approx age of house... WHERE..what room these are in. Marc
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tfi racing
Well-known member
Another vote for a backstabbed receptacle.95% of the time it is behind the hardest piece of furniture to move...
The house is around 60 yrs old. The breaker box was upgraded, (i assume from fuses), and the outlets appear to be original. Two of the dead outlets are in basement close to each other and the other is in kitchen on main floor. The breakers are in the basement. I will check the wires, starting with the closest to the box. Thanks everybody. I will try that tight fitting cord trick first.
awdblazer
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my guess is broken neutral