I have a 50 year old house. I am remodeling the bath. Today, I go to
plug in a small compressor into a standard outlet and then I lose
power in this bath, part of the accompanying bedroom (3 walls of it)
and another bedroom. The circuit breaker did not flip and to be sure,
I flipped them all off and on once but power was not restored. I go
out into the hall, where there is a three way switch operating an
overhead light, and when I turn this switch on, the light dims then
gets really really bright, and it also seems to turn on items in the
2nd bedroom that lost power. I have opened all of the outlets and made
sure they are wired correctly. Did the same thing with the light
switches and replaced the three way switch with a new one. Did not
work. Also, looked under house to make sure no water dripping on
wires, crawled in attic, nothing unusual and the walls are cool to
touch as are the outlets and switches.

Any ideas of what I can do first before calling an electrician?
Thank you.


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