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Can you help me figure out what's wrong with the electric outlets in my house?

Asked by phaedryx (6129points) November 13th, 2010

I’ll tell you up front that I don’t know a lot about electrical systems in houses, so please keep that in mind when explaining things.

In the upstairs of our house, about ⅓ of the outlets have suddenly stopped working. I’ve checked the circuit breaker and they don’t seem to be on the same circuits. All of the lights in the rooms still work just fine.

Our house was built in the 1940’s, but the electrical systems have been updated (however, I wonder if that’s true for all of them).

What should I do? What are the next steps I should take to fix this problem?

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