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...the electricity went out on one half of my house. I checked the breakers and none were tripped but I flipped them all anyhow with no results. Today is a holiday so I cannot call an electrician out...anyone have any ideas?

dead short somewhere

A short would trip a breaker. Sounds like an open. Do you have a smaller breaker box other than the main one?

No......

Then I would start opening switch plates and wall outlets to see if a wire came off in the circuit. It you recently opened one, changed something out, that is where I would start

Put one foot in a bucket of water and try the breakers again.

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can someone die 2 times?

Sounds like you lost one phase of your incoming trunk line. If you have underground from the street, one of the two feeds has a short in it. (thus only half your stuff works) Your dryer or any other 220 V stuff should not work either.

If your service line is suspended (poles) it is probably one of those trunk lines.

If its underground, you need the utility company to 'sound' the lines and locate the short and replace one leg of the line.

:1orglaugh

I have not opened anything and I have not changed anything. I called an out of state friend of mine...who is a contractor that buys fixer uppers and flips them or rents them out and is familiar with doing electrical work...and he said the most common cause to lose the electricity on one side of the house is the electric company's problem and is usually a bad connection from one of the lines leading into the house. He said the first step is to give them a call and they will arrange to have a lineman come out and check their lines...which they should do free of charge. I will give them a call the first thing in the morning.

In the meantime I have ran drop cords from the working side of the house to the areas I need electricity to be working.

Thanks for the input guys.

This is what my friend told me. Thanks for your input.

This is correct....they will locate it for you. Here (in Cleveland) it is your responsibility to fix it. (and your expense)
Depending on what you have underground replace can be up to 2 Grand...overhead about 1/3 of that.

You can call an electrician. Just look in your local Yellow Pages (or even online - heh!) for Emergency Services.

OR buy the insurance that your utility company offers.

Assuming the problem is on the utility company's end. Could be a bad main breaker, though, or a loose lug in the meter socket, in which case they'll just tell you to call an electrician.

How old is your service?

No ideas, sorry :pimp

If I am reading this correctly, what you are referring to would make the top half of an outlet work and the bottom would not; not half the house. Unless it is wired really weird.

So, what was the problem?

I called the electric company and they would not send anyone out as they said if my 220 appliances were working it is not their problem. So I called an electrician...and set a date that he can come out...which is almost three weeks from now. He said the problem could be one of several things...it could be in a junction box which he said would be under my house...it could be a broken circuit from wires...plugin's/switches...in my house...it could be in my breaker box.

BTW...he charges $80.00 plus per hour with a one hour minimum charge just to show up. I knew that electricians are one of the higher paid trades but I did not know they were being paid that much. I think the last time I had need for an electrician it was like $25.00 per hour.

I have run three different drop cords...into three different rooms of the house...off of three different breakers so I am good to go until the electrician can make it out.

You should start with my suggestions. You won't hurt yourself if you are smart about it. Start off by seeing if there is an outlet that only one side works.

I bet you can find someone that thinks it is hard to post a pic on GFY too. :2 cents:

Pigshit.

fucky fuck

Problem...damaged wire. Fixed...cost $480.00.

Thanks for letting us know.

Must be nice to have power in both sides of the house again :thumbsup

nice........ good job

How is the electricity connected to your house - outside the house - where is the source.