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Default How do I know if a circuit breaker is bad in my house?


DaGoodest wrote:
I have one room in my entire house that has lost power. The overhead
lights do not work and neither do any of the outlets. I have reset all of
the circuit breakers in the box by cycling the off then back on. Of
course, this did not work. Further, I removed the cover panel to ge to
the exposed wires and I used a test light on all of the wired to ensure
that I had power going to then. all of them gave me a light, so I know
that I have power going to each circuit. All of the other power sources
in the house are fine, except for this one particular room. I have rest
all GFI outlets in the house.

One problem that I have is that I am unable to determine which breaker is
for this room. The panel is NOT clearly listed for this particular
bedroom.

Any suggestions from here?


If you have power at each pair of wires leaving each breaker, then
obviously it's not the breaker at fault. As somebody else suggested,
you've lost either feed or neutral at some branch point that feeds that
particular room (although I'd say it's possible someone disconnected
it, the description you provide indicates it "just happened"). Start
by removing each cover plate and checking for loose neutral or hot
wires. Alternatively, it's possible a feed through an outlet may have
failed because the outlet itself has failed. Look for any signs of
overheating, etc. Of particular place of suspicion are any places that
used the rear entry "stab-lock" stripped wire connections instead of
the side screw terminals. Of course, be careful of live circuits or
turn breakers off. Eventually, you should find a