Electrical Wall Outlet Not Working

Still none of the electrical sockets tied in together are working though the circuit breaker is ok.

Electrical wall outlet not working.

The reason why most wall sockets and wall outlets are not. Are the electrical outlets not working on one wall. A bad connection or a tripped breaker. Tackling this starts with unplugging everything not currently working in these outlets.

When an outlet goes dead it s easy to jump to conclusions and assume the worst but more often than not the problem is something simple and you can save the cost of a service call just by taking a few steps to trace the cause. On the off chance that it s not the electrical outlet but rather your cell phone charger that s not working plug something else into the same outlet such as a hairdryer or a lamp. Rarely will conventional non gfci outlet fail but this does happen sometimes. Thanks for your electrical troubleshooting question gary.

Gary a homeowner from centerville ohio see more about home wiring for ohio. Bare copper or green plastic coated wires are ground wires. Check that all of the wires are properly connected to the outlet and that all pigtailed wires are firmly connected underwire nuts. Once you isolate it don t use the appliance again until you have an electrician rewire the outlet.

It s fairly common to find that one wall in the home has seemingly lost power to all its outlets. They will generally not cause an outlet to stop working.