Sockets went out in my den/bedroom no breakers tripped and no gfci found

Steveydvee · Jun 12, 2020

Some background info.. maybe you can help. I have a den that was running 600-800 watts worth of electricity and on the other side of the den is the living room in which I had another 1100 watts running. One day I plugged in a standard lamp cfl light bulb and noticed it dimming as if the current isn’t stable. Next day lost power out of the den sockets, half of the living rooms socket and my porch light(which is basically on the other side of the den). I believe that I have overloaded the circuit.. but the strange thing is that my main breaker panel has no trips.. and if it didn’t trip usually that means a GFCI could be what tripped. But this den has no GFCI outlets from what I see.. legally they wouldn’t even have to put one in. I’m stumped...

I’ve already reset the gfci in my master bedroom and kitchen. What else should I try to do??

westward10 · Jun 12, 2020

Sounds like you may have a lose connection somewhere which has now broken down.

Steveydvee · Jun 12, 2020

westward10 said:
Sounds like you may have a lose connection somewhere which has now broken down.

I’ll take a look at the sockets to see if the connection is okay. But what are the chances the loose connection is somewhere I can’t see?? What’s a good way to go about this?