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carolcaters
carolcaters: 9 months ago

What would cause losing power in one room downstairs and the refrigerator in the kitchen upstairs with no breakers tripped?

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dragline
dragline: 9 months ago via iPhone

Check your bathroom plugs to see if they are a ground fault plug it might have tripped and that would cause partial outage

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JuliusWAI
JuliusWAI: 9 months ago

Bad circuits and sockets would cause losing power in one room downstairs. Refrigerator with no breakers tripped could also be caused by bad cold control. Consult an electrician for more assistance.

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jmasten69
jmasten69: 9 months ago via Android

bad wiring ?

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Kaylynn1971
Kaylynn1971: 9 months ago via iPhone

That just happened at my house. The problem for us was the family of raccoons living under the house. They messed up the wiring. No worries, we humanely trapped them and they were let go in the woods miles away. :)

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Pamela_95
Pamela_95: 9 months ago via iPhone

Ghost in the house

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ConMah
ConMah: 9 months ago via iPhone

If it's an older home it's possible that they shared the same lost neutral. An electrician can test the hot to ground and if it's hot to ground then the problem is either the neutral is bad or the device on that circuit is defective.
Another possibility is that the house is wired with aluminum wire that expands under load and contracts when it cools. Eventually it will expand and not contract thereby causing the circuit to fail. You can check the box for aluminum wire and if it is you need to check it by tightening the terminal screws then reenergize the circuit breaker to see if it is I one or both devices.

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