It is probably a wire burnt off of the last working plug or the first not
working plug in the circuit. If the plugs are quick plugged(pushed in the
holes instead of wrapped around the screws) this causes the wires to have a
poor connection after a couple of years, especially if there is a heavy load
at the far end of the circuit.
"RJM" wrote in message
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My wife was using the vacuuming and what seemed like a simple act of
circuit breaker's just doing their job has turned into a mystery to me.

All circuit breakers are on. The outlets that are affected are NOT even
on the same circuit (i know this from the breakers go off in the past),
and some of the outlets that I know are on the same breakers as the ones
that don't work are working fine.

I have two GFI outlets (one in each bathroom) and one works fine and one
does not. I am truly stumped.

Any help would be appreciated.