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

using a neon tester in one bare hand and your other hand in your
electrician's pocket, have him check each outlet for any signs of ac
hot glow in tester. if you have hot, the neutral may be broken
somewhere to the room. have your helper turn off the breakers to turn
off the glow in the tester. number all the outlets with that circuit
number. turn off the breaker.
open and inspect the commonly used lightswitch and outlet which
supplies power to any heater device and look for trouble.
also: following the [stamped into the main box metal] numbers of the
circuit breakers:
number each cover plate of each switch and outlet throughout the home
with a sharpie marker.
draw a numbered layout notebook with one page for each room numbering
these outlets and switches and devices.



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?