receptacle not working
 

One receptacle in the living room is not receiving power. All of the others
on the same circuit are fine. Circuit breakers are fine. The re-set on the
kitchen and bathroom wall receptacles are fine. I have never had power off
on only one receptable. What could it be? Thanks.

Turn on the switch that controls that particular outlet.
It is very common for one or more outlets to be controlled by a wall
switch. Especially if there is no overhead lighting supplied in the
room.

That's my best guess anyway.

Your mileage may vary.




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Don't laugh. It happened to me. I had a outlet go out. It was working and
then just went dead. Turned out the hot wire was open. The wire looked
perfectly fine from the outside but was broken on the inside which, due to
expansion, opened up about 6 months after moving in. Took awhile to trouble
shoot because you just don't think of wire as going bad.

"bheider" wrote in message
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One receptacle in the living room is not receiving power. All of the
others
on the same circuit are fine. Circuit breakers are fine. The re-set on
the
kitchen and bathroom wall receptacles are fine. I have never had power
off
on only one receptable. What could it be? Thanks.

"bheider" wrote in message
...
One receptacle in the living room is not receiving power. All of the
others
on the same circuit are fine. Circuit breakers are fine. The re-set on
the
kitchen and bathroom wall receptacles are fine. I have never had power
off
on only one receptable. What could it be? Thanks.

Turn the power off to that outlet. Take the outlet cover off, unscrew the
outlet and pull it out. Examine the wires and make sure one hasn't broken
off. It's also not uncommon for wires to be attached to the spring loaded
contacts on an outlet. Frequently these will fail. In this case re-attach
using the screw terminals.

Thank you so much -- saved me a call to an electrician. Feel pretty silly
but very appreciative of the help.
"MUADIB®" wrote in message
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Turn on the switch that controls that particular outlet.
It is very common for one or more outlets to be controlled by a wall
switch. Especially if there is no overhead lighting supplied in the
room.

That's my best guess anyway.

Your mileage may vary.




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