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Originally Posted by speede5

You said the house is 'like 100 years old', what kind of wires are coming into the outlets? if it's the old knob and tube your problem could be anywhere, a splice in a wall, but most likely a broken wire at one of the outlets. If someone has pulled newer wire through, I would still be looking for a bad joint in one of the outlets, but if someone has tied in somewhere in the walls you could be in deep doodoo. I just did a reno where I found loomex tied into knob and tube under drywall, no junction boxes or anything, just bare wires twisted together.

Old old wires