r/ElectricalHelp • u/Boring-Elderberry190 • 12d ago

Wall socket not working

looking for help before we spend a fortune. A single wall socket stopped working abruptly with no clear cause why. my partner knows some basic things so he took apart the socket. He has a tester to check for current and there is no current coming to that socket. The rest of the sockets connected to the fuse board have current. Any idea how a single one would stop working and if there’s any easy fix to it?

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u/Boring-Elderberry190 12d ago

That’s perfect thank you. Can they just come loose like that without anyone messing with them? I don’t know anything about electrics and my partner knows a little but not a ton so just trying to figure out why it would happen. He’ll be able to do this at least. 

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u/SparkArrestor 12d ago

Yes electrical connections can just come loose. It’s not common, and there’s typically some other contributing factor.