I have two bedrooms in my house that have lost power. The circuit that they are on is with the rest of the back of the house that has not lost power. Only the two rooms. Could it be a switch or corroded connection is a wall socket? I have had problem that took out the whole circuit but not just two rooms due to bad connections.
Could this be just be some bad connections between the two rooms?
Steven J
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Most likely it is a lost neutral wire.
Check where the electricity is still flowing in the outlets and look for a neutral wire splice. It is most likely the problem.
Without a neutral wire the current does not flow as needed back to the circuit breaker.
Another words the hot wire could be live from the electrical panel. And a tick tester or proxiamaty sensor will sense it.
Corroded switches or outlets only increase the resistance. But not enough to stop electrical flow per ohm's law.
Plus corrosion would only come into effect if the wire terminals are loose.
jadee916
Has one of the rooms that has lost power have a GFCI receptacle? If so remove and replace it or wire around it to check for the problem.