A few months ago, the two outside wall electrical outlets and an
upstair bathroom outlet went dead, no power. Then all of a sudden, just
let it went out, they all came back. Breakers are showing OK
throughout.

Then a few days ago, I plug in a BBQ charcoal heater into one of the
outside outlet (called #1). At first, it heated up, but later went
cold. I found out later that the same three outlets went dead again.
This morning, I changed the #1 outlet - the wire did not show power.
Nothing, still no power. Can someone give me suggestions on what to
look for and things to do. Thanks.

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A few months ago, the two outside wall electrical outlets and an
upstair bathroom outlet went dead, no power. Then all of a sudden, just
let it went out, they all came back. Breakers are showing OK
throughout.

Then a few days ago, I plug in a BBQ charcoal heater into one of the
outside outlet (called #1). At first, it heated up, but later went
cold. I found out later that the same three outlets went dead again.
This morning, I changed the #1 outlet - the wire did not show power.
Nothing, still no power. Can someone give me suggestions on what to
look for and things to do. Thanks.



Look for a GFCI plug in the system somewhere. It could be flaking out.
Could also be a loose wire which is worse. But if they go out
together I am thinking GFCI. Which is a outlet that will have a few
buttons on it like 'reset' and 'test.' Look for one everywhere, and
push the test and see which outlets are interrupted as a result.


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Respectfully,


CL Gilbert

Thank you for your insight. Yes, I found out that it is a bad GFCI in
another bathroom. The outlet is almost never used. Thanks again.