How to Fix No Electricity in Room

Why is the electricity in one room not working? On this video I show you what to do when there is no electricity in a room but the breaker is good and not tripping.

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[LexVance]

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[Thatoneguy-xxrg]

i’m an apprentice electrician and one of my outlets in my house haven’t been working since i moved there 2 years ago . i decided to take a look and fix it since i’m confident i could do something so ‘simple’. did a continuity test and my neutrals beeped to another outlet and my lights. however my hot wouldn’t beep to any of the outlets or lights. keep in mind the 3rd outlet in the room is connected to a completely seperate breaker than the others. i checked all splices and connections and even replaced my outlets and still nothing. It’s a head scratcher, but still looking for the disconnect and i won’t give up until i do!

[Conqueef-tadoor]

Lex, this is a prime example of why most electricians prefer to pigtail each receptacle that feeds another device. Had that receptacle been pigtailed in the box, ONLY that one receptacle would have been affected by that burned wire, every other device would have still had current unless the burned wire was at the wire nut at the pigtail in the outlet box. It's also MUCH easier to find problems when a circuit is pigtailed in each box instead of "pass thru" wired by using all 4 screws on each receptacle.

[Firebird]

Great video! I literally know next to nothing about electricity and just using the logic in this video was able to easily find and fix almost the same problem myself. Was just about to call an electrician too.. close call. Thanks Lex!!!

[tyroneg]

Thank you I've been chasing this very thing for a month.

[throttlebottle]

to find an open neutral, turn all breakers and main off(safety/meter/tool saver), then use continuity meter/beeper and go from ground to neutral on all the problem the outlets(switch box/device) until you find the last outlet or switch box with continuity from neutral to ground(through the bond at panel). it's often at that location where the loose wire is, if not it will be the next one down.
use a long wire and you can test from outlet to outlet across the room until you find the open also (this method for an open hot too)
or you can use a tone generator and the amplifier probe, everything at or past the problem spot will be screaming loudly.

[ComeOnPeopleThink]

Man this video saved me, i was having the exact problem as shown in your video...breaker not tripped and no electricity in 2 bedroom and only half of the third...i searched for hours looking for a video with my exact problem then i found yours and boom $1.67 later and i had it fixed...thanks for posting..

[fix-it-right]

Hey bro, your video and explanation on what could cause no power in one outlet and power in the other one. I followed your theory and went to the bathroom in my case because that was the closest to the room, fair enough the neutral line in the first outlet was out completely. Like you said at the end of the video, that was an easy fix but with advise from an expert. Thx bro

[Thatdudehenry]

Awesome video, had this issue not to long ago and had to take off all plugs and outlets and found it also. Wish I would’ve seen this video would’ve saved me a lot of time lol.

[kthomas]

Wow! Your video was simple to understand and helped me resolve my issue. Thank you so much for helping me.

[ApartmentMaintenance]

Nice find Skid 💪 That's the same way I go about troubleshooting my electrical issues. It's always nice finding the problem fairly quick, whenever you got something that takes an hour or more there's 50 other things that need done. Keep the videos coming 👍 Happy Friday!!!!

[kofia]

Thank you, sir. I was about to call a professional until I clicked on your video. You are money safer.

[joemargabaleo]

Good to have your channel this will help me to start anew on being a maintenance technician, start to gain knowledge, thanks for your contents, hope to see more of your videos

[surferdude]

If you wired the receptacles using pigtails and wire nuts you would have only one hot wire, one neutral wire, and one ground wire connected to each receptacle. Then only the receptacle with the loose wire will be affected. That is the preferred method and is safer.

[rjjefferson]

Bro God sent me to this video😂 I literally did what u did and found the bad outlet lol preciate it now I have to find the video on how to change it

[mindyC]

Thanks. I have the same problem. I hope I can fix it now. 👍

[davidhollyfield]

I heard you in the beginning 😂 no judgement here electricity makes me nervous to lol

[DanO]

Try finding a loose neutral in a 1000 room hotel. Can be a bit tricky to say the least.

Good find, good vid.

[zy]

Thank you for the video. I learned from the video. My house had similar problem. I would have no idea if I didn't watch this video. One of my room totally has no electricity (both light, fan and outlet). One of outlet of the next room and one outlet in the living room and two outlet in the basement have no electricity. The breakers are on and GFCI is on. I opened the outlets without electricity one by one. Finally, when I opened the 5th outlet, I found the problem. The outlet is loose and melted. So I turned off the electricity and replaced the outlet. When turned the electricity back on, all the problems are solved. Outlet, light and fans are working fine!

[linhchau]

Love it man.. great work that's how I do when tracing for issues around the house. Learned so much watching your videos big dog😅