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mich99 · Feb 2, 2009, 11:42 PM

Hi,

I was using space heater in one room, and after a while that room and the one next to it lost power. I reset all the circuit breakers in the power control panel, but that didn't help. I also pressed a reset button that's on a power outlet in the garage, but that didn't help.

Then a few days later there was a power outage from outside (i.e. electric company) and whole house lost power. When power came back a few minutes back, the whole house had power, including these two rooms.

Then, one day these two rooms lost power again. After that there was a power outage from outside, but when power came back, the whole house had power, but these two rooms still didn't have power.

What could be going on? What should I look into to restore power to these two rooms?
Any help is much appreciated!

21boat · Feb 3, 2009, 12:01 AM

Try to find wire nutted junctions and check wires there. If the contact of the twisted wire was a little loose this many times will cause that.
Simply if a wire is not 100% in full contact and there is a small heat ware in that contact it can sometimes jump in and out of contact when its not in full contact'
Also check the outlets in the back if there is push in connections or loose screws on the outlets where the hot and neutral connect.
Basically its one semi connection on that branch circuit that kills the rest. I posted a site for good testers to help you. Electrical is involved on a chase. But it sounds like a classic case of a bad in and out of contact and a power surge either way will cause this problem could write pages to help and get back if you can't find the problem.
Start with the two rooms outlets and check all connections in them and the feeds to power them

http://www.inspect-ny.com/electric/Electrical_Tools.htm

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