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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
Can anyone recommend a home electrician? There's a circuit in our basement that just stopped working (2 lights, 3 outlets), breaker didn't flip and me manually toggling it doesn't do anything
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If you want to look yourself first you can get a no-contact tester and see if there is power to the first outlet/switch on the circuit. It's possible the first(or second or third) came loose, and just needs the screw tightened, or they used the stupid backstab holes, and it fell out. Or an outlet went bad internally, and they are wired in series. Take the usual precautions like turning the breaker off before touching things(after testing). I'd turn the breaker off immediately(if you don't have time now to test), in case a nail went through something, or there is a loose wire in a box potentially sparking.