This morning the electrical outlet in my bedroom was working, this afternoon it quit working. On the same wall in my son's room the outlet is not working and on the two connecting walls the outlets are not working. The is also true of the outlets in the room adjoining my son's room and one outlet in the livingroom. I have checked the breaker box, including turning them all off and back on and still nothing. Do I need an electrician to check my breaker box? Surely all 8 outlets didn't go bad at once. Any advice is appreciated.

TIA

 

Did you check for a tripped GFCI? Post back if you don't know how to do that.

 

As far as I know, I only have one of those type of outlets and it is in the bathroom and working fine.

 

You may have more. It's worth a look. Check the garage and basement and front porch and back porch.

 

Checked the house over and only one gfci in the main bathroom. It is evidently not on the circuit with the outlets that don't work because it is still working. What next?

 

Be for you hire someone talk to your neighbors. I have see the power company having problems. If not how old is your house? You could have the first in a run of outlets bad or a bad connection.

 

If you have the skills and interest, you will need to shut off the breaker(s), and check every box on the circuit for loose connections. This includes both the non-working outlets and also working outlets on the same circuit(s). When you find connections made via the push-in connectors on receptacles and switches, move them to adjacent screws. Check all screws and wire nuts to see that they are tight. Be very careful not to make the problem worse.

If you don't have the skills or interest, call someone for help.

 

Ok, I went through all the outlets that were not working. Tightened all the screws, and more than a few were loose. Some outlets had the wiring going into the back, some had the wires on the side going around the screws. It's copper wiring by the way. Turned the electricity back on and checked one bedroom with a lamp. The light came on for a second and then went out. Got another lamp that i was sure the bulb was working in it, plugged it into that same outlet and nothing. None of the other outlets are working. That outlet is one with the wiring going into the back of the outlet. Am I correct is assuming that that outlet is bad? I did call two electricians yesterday and neither one called me back. Don't people want work anymore? Thanks again for all the help. Now what?

 

You said, "I went through all the outlets that were not working."

I said, "check every box on the circuit for loose connections. This includes both the non-working outlets and also working outlets on the same circuit(s)."

Check the rest of the boxes.

 

I don't know what all outlets are on that circuit so I just checked all the ones that were out. How do I find out what all is on the circuit? The breaker box is not mapped.

 

Shut off the breaker. Everything on that circuit will now be dead. You'll need to go around to everything in your house and test it.

 

ok, the kids and i are going to go breaker by breaker and find out what is where. please note tho, that there are 8 outlets not working in a total of 4 rooms. won't it be hard to tell if one or more of those outlets belong on more than one of the circuits that the outlets are out on? hope that made sense.

 

I'd say shut off all the 15 and 20 amp single pole breakers and check all the 15 and 20 amp receptacles and switches and lights in the house. Start early in the day when you'll have plenty of natural light.

Once everything is fixed, then you can make a complete map. For everyone else, use this as a lesson. Make a map of what is on what circuit before something goes wrong.