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    mark wentworth Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Jun 23, 2013, 08:47 AM
    Outlets losing power
    We just moved into a house had been here a couple weeks when all of the sudden certain outlets would lose power but come back on but now they won't even stay on out of 22 down stairs outlets only 6 work what's wrong here
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    Jun 23, 2013, 09:35 AM
    Look at the breaker for those outlets, make sure all wires are tight, check wires in the wall outlets. There is no 1 easy answer, you need to do some diagnostic checks. Indications are a loose wire but 16 outlets on one breaker is not wise, if that is the issue..
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    Jun 23, 2013, 10:30 AM
    Could be a 2 pole 20 amp Breaker protecting 2 multi circuits.
    Check GFCI(s)
    Maybe a Sub Panel has tripped a Breaker?
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    Jun 23, 2013, 03:46 PM
    Pull one of the outlets out and see if it was wired using the "Quick Connect" holes in the rear. Notorious for developing bad connections over time, sometimes intermittent.
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