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Originally Posted by Iowanian (Post 5321912)

Keep in mind that when electricity is involved....I make Tim Taylor nervous.

I've had something similar before, to a laundry and bathroom. In my case, it was that one of the actual breakers, that you pull from the panel....was smoked.

It could be a bad breaker itself.

It very well could. A cheap tester will tell you the answer to that question. Check that there is juice coming into the breaker and then check that it is flowing past the breaker as well. If not...bad breaker. Easy, cheap fix.

My number one guess is that there is a sub panel with an open breaker and he is not aware that there is a sub panel in the house as most people are not.

Could be a major deal, but odds are that it is not.

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Originally Posted by kstater (Post 5321377)

Good idea, but most homes run off of single phase.

wellll, 2 phase of hot + 1 neutral to be precise. & a lil ground thrown in here and there

there's a member here named Sparkky, he's an electrician. fitting name huh? lol

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Originally Posted by Hog Rider (Post 5321358)

You may have lost an entire phase coming in to the house. As if one of the knife switches at the utility pole is open! If you lose (sorry) - loose a ground wire things act really weird!

If one of those knife blades ( actually called cut-outs ) is open you will have a complete out at your house. You need both phases to produce 120/240 at the house.