I have 3 electrical outlets that all went out at the same time. Two in my bathroom and one on the back side of the same wall of the bathroom in the bedroom. I have replaced two of the outlets with no fix. No breakers have ever been tripped and I'm wondering if I should even bother changing the third electrical outlet. I've heard of a daisy chain of outlets and I'm wondering if maybe the third outlet that I have not changed yet is maybe the one. Should I even bother changing the third outlet?
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The outlets are probably on the same circuit. Care must be exercised when changing the receptacle so that the correct breaker is shut off and power is killed so that you can work the job safely.
Typically power does not just die from a bad receptacle. The daisy chain is done in the receptacle box with wire nuts or on the side of the receptacle using the built in bridge. A bad receptacle should not break the chain.
That being said, something did kill your power.
A visual check to see if a GFCI is tripped somewhere is the easiest fix. Your receptacles could be fed from the tripped unit.
If no GFCI, the breaker needs to be metered to see if power is making it out (breaker bad?).
The receptacles then need to be metered to see if power is getting to them and the neutral needs to be metered to see if it is making it to the receptacles. Home Depot sells an outlet tester for $4.29 that will help diagnose.
Fluke makes a Voltalert non contact pen that sells for $30. It will tell you if power is on a wire or at a receptacle. It could come in handy to check connections in a box to see if power is there. Often a bad connection exists under a wire nut.
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