Very often, what's done is to wire the power to socket 1, then 2, th en 3,
and down the line. If the wire that comes off the back of socket 1 (going
from 1 to 2) is bad, then you lose power in sockets 2, 3, 4, etc.

The solution is to turn off the breaker. And then go around and find which
socket went dead that was live before. Pull it out, and make sure the wires
are under the screws on the side, not the "stab in" things on the back.

--

Christopher A. Young
Do good work.
It's longer in the short run
but shorter in the long run.
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My house has a multi-branch circuit on it. This circuit supplies power
to a few bedrooms and a bathroom. The two breakers that supply power
to the circuit are 20amp each.

At 7pm tonight I turned on a few things in one bedroom. This bedroom
has two duplex outlets. Everything I turned on worked. At 7:15pm the
entire room had no power. Neither the outlet I was using at 7pm had
power nor did the room's other outlet.

I checked the two breakers that supply the circuit; neither had
tripped. There are no gfi outlets involved. In the panel I checked
the hot and neutral wires for the circuit; all are tightly attached.
All of the other bedrooms in the house had power at 7:15pm with no
obvious issues.

What on earth could cause this? How would I troubleshoot this problem?

Thanks,

mh