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My wife was useing the stove and disposal.The furnice was running and
the dryer.The lights started to get dim and then everything on one side
of the house went out.Turned everything off looked for a blown
circuit.Nothing.My wife turned on the stove again and the lights came
back on but was very dim.Turn the stove off.No lights.Stove on,lights
but dim and the furnice won't work at all. It's like the stove needs to
be on before anything works but the stove dosn't heat up.Very low power
help!!

I read what the others said, but I have a different suggestion.

It sounds to me like perhaps the neutral has become disconnected,
probably at the service entrance. Corrosion, perhaps?

A $5+/- outlet tester that you could get at Lowe's/HD would quickly
tell you if I'm right (assuming you have outlets with a safety ground).

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