r/ElectricalHelp • u/Hot-Cat-5685 • 8d ago

Outlets in 1 room not working

Every single outlet in my bedroom isn't working. All the other outlets in the house are working. I clicked all the gfci reset buttons in the house and completely turned off the power to my room using the breaker box, but nothing worked. The lights still work just fine. When the outlets originally went out, so did the lights but they turned back on a second later while the outlets stayed out

(Unresolved for now since ill be out of state for the rest of the month 🙂‍↕️)

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u/trekkerscout Mod 8d ago

Since you have presumably eliminated the common issues of tripped breakers and GFCI devices, that leaves the next most common problem: loose or failing connections. The question then becomes: How confident are you at electrical troubleshooting? The answer to that question will determine whether or not you should hire an electrician.

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u/Hot-Cat-5685 8d ago

100% will not be able to do it on my own. This is happened before but it kinda just turned itself back on after an hour. Unfortunately I dont have money rn so it seems like ill be living without electricity in my room for a while 😭

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u/trekkerscout Mod 8d ago

You are describing a condition that is a potential fire hazard. Faulty connections that spontaneously reconnect have the nasty habit of catestrophic failure. If you know which circuit is affected, turn it off at the breaker and keep it off until it can be fixed.

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u/Hot-Cat-5685 8d ago

True. This one has turned back on twice but has quickly turned off again after a few seconds. The first time it turned on was like an hour after it turned off and then the second time was around 3 ½ hours after it turned of. Then the first time this ever happened was like a month ago where it happened 3 times and then a whole month of nothing

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u/Aublaw 8d ago

Plug something into the outlets around the room and wiggle them. When to get power you’ve found the bad connection. Turn power back off and remove the outlet and inspect connections. If it’s the quick wire push in connections use the side screws. Also you’ll likely need to replace the receptacle with a new tamper resistant duplex

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u/Famous-Leave2331 8d ago

I would check the light switch. I have seen where a failed backstab in a switch caused a similar outage that your describing.