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    Aug 3, 2009, 03:18 PM
    No power to all outlets on circuit
    Hi, I have a mobile home and one side of home has power and the other does not breakers are not tripped and seem to be working fine. Any ideas thanks Tim
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    Aug 3, 2009, 09:37 PM

    The most likely problem is that you devices have failed, or that your breaker is bad. I would recommend getting a voltage meter and checking the metal screw on the end of your breaker first. It should read between 110V-120V. If it show that you have voltage the next step is to examine your outlets. It is a common (and poor ) practice to use the spring loaded wire holder on the back of them to secure the wireing. Over time these will fail, in my opion this is most likley the cause of your problems, to check it out (turn off the power to this circet at the breaker) then remove all plugs and covers. Pull on the wires one at a time to ensure they are sucure before reinstalling the outlets. When you find the loose one, bend a hook in the wire on the end(makeing sure you have bare wire only in the hook) and hook it on the appropriate screw, then tighten it down, last but not least when reinstalling outlets, keep all ground wires, and screw termails away from each other, and energised scres on the outlet away form metal boxe sides(tape them if nessicary)
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    Aug 4, 2009, 04:25 AM

    If power is making it out of all breakers, I would suspect aluminum wire, backwired, or a receptacle, some mobile homes use some connections that are questionable and fail more often than regular recepticles.

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