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Master Bedroom lost power -- bad breaker?

13 years ago

Around 3pm on Wednesday my master bedroom and bath lost electricity. According to my wife, she wasn't doing anything at the time (electricity-wise). I checked the panel and everything was on. I re-flipped all the circuits but still no power. Could it be a bad breaker? We were experiencing frigid temperatures at the time (high of 0F), but no frozen pipes. The house is 37 years old. Any advice is appreciated.

Comments (3)

hendricus
13 years ago
GFCI? Look for a receptacle with push button resets in the center.
petey_racer
13 years ago
Probably a bad connection in a receptacle. Most likely a bad backstab connection.

This type of problem is in the last working receptacle on the circuit or the first non-working one.
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turbo3
Original Author
13 years ago
Yep, thanks. It was the gfci in the other bathroom that tripped it.

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