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    Oct 11, 2009, 02:23 PM
    Partial Power Outage
    I have lost power to only three outlets in my home. Two exterior outlets and one garage outlet. In the same area, the overhead lights are working as well as the garage door. The garage outlet is connected to a refrigerator. These circuts are connected to a GFCI in a bathroom which I checked and reset, but it didn't reset these three outlets. The bathroom outlets work. I also checked the circuit breaker box, and reset the circuts for the garage, still no luck. Any ideas would be helpful.
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    Oct 11, 2009, 02:30 PM

    Remove bathroom GFI, make temporary connections of wires, black to black and white to white and check exterior outlets.
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    Oct 11, 2009, 02:44 PM

    Do like hk says, but mark the line and load side wires first, so you won't have a problem putting them back later.
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    Oct 11, 2009, 03:12 PM

    I tried, no luck, any other suggestions?
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    Oct 11, 2009, 03:36 PM

    Are you sure that the bath and exterior outlets are on the same circuit? Current NEC code does not allow that. Check for another GFI (hidden behind that stack of boxes in your garage).
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    Oct 11, 2009, 04:53 PM

    :) Actually when reconnecting the GFCI it all works now. Weird. Thanks for your help

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