Bathroom Outlets Don't Work?

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May 31, 20130 found this helpful

Have you checked the circuit breakers either at the box or at the GFI outlets in your bathrooms? It sounds as though something has caused an overload and made the breakers flip. This is an important safety feature meant to prevent electrical fires.

Check the breakers and then make sure people aren't overloading the bathroom circuits with too many high wattage appliances. Hair dryer+curling irons or rollers+electric shaver and toothbrushes chargers+a space heater-all plugged in at the same time (!) is a common sight in more bathrooms than people think, and is the usual cause of overload.

You can reset the breakers but if they flip again it means something is causing repeated overloads. If you're sure it's not the result of too many things plugged in at the same time, you'll need a licensed, insured professional to come in and check those wires to make sure the overload isn't the result of broken wires inside the wall.

Otherwise you're looking at a very serious fire hazard-overloads from what ever cause lead to devastating home fires.