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To: Tax-chick
Half the plugs in the kitchen, including the one that powers the COFFEE POT decided to become non-functional this morning.

Nope. Not a thrown breaker. Not sure what it is, only that if my dad and DH can not fix it then it will be expensive.

But I had to go a whole twenty minutes after waking up with no coffee. Oh, the humanity!

2,532 posted on 01/20/2020 12:38:03 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (A hero is a hero no matter what medal they give him. Likewise a schmuck is still a schmuck.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Any chance you have a GFI circuit that includes half the plugs in your kitchen?

You would have an outlet similar to this, although the buttons might not be colored. If one of the buttons is popped out, that will cause the entire circuit to fail.

BTW: The one with the button is in the basement of the abode in which I currently reside. Don't just look in the kitchen.

2,533 posted on 01/20/2020 12:50:15 PM PST by ArGee (Excellence or diversity? Ask for diversity, you get diversity. Ask for excellence, you get both.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
"Half the plugs in the kitchen, including the one that powers the COFFEE POT decided to become non-functional this morning."

A lot of times, old wiring is a bit like old Christmas tree lights; they are strung together in a series.

Which can lead to a situation like yours. How to fix? Attend:

Find the first place in the series that doesn't work. Open up the receptacle box or junction box and look for a dysfunctional connection, a burnt wire, a melted wire connector, and so forth. If that box is clear, the problem lies between it and the breaker panel. (You can have a bad connection in a breaker box, you know; look at the wire connection to the breaker.)

Oh, no one in your house does that sort of thing? You'll need an electrician.

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They're just wires, you know. You said they nad no power. (Oh, by the way, the wires could be hot, but the neutral connection could have failed. Better keep that in mind.)

I've seen people shy away from a stubby little piece of wire just laying on the ground. Sheesh.

2,535 posted on 01/20/2020 12:54:35 PM PST by NicknamedBob (If you can't do something well, you won't do anything good.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

A clear-cut case of poltergeists.


2,543 posted on 01/20/2020 2:10:03 PM PST by Silentgypsy (Call an addiction hotline and say you're hooked on phonics.)
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