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Question by Lee
Submitted on 5/26/2004
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Went to go plug a heating pad into an outlet and then lost power to 3 of the outlets in the room . One outlet works but don't know why the other three wont. They worked until I plugged the heating pad in what is up?

Answer by billelectric
Submitted on 6/2/2004
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Wow! How old is your wiring? It could be a loose connection from the working outlet to the next in line outlet. Have someone check it. If no other circuit breakers are "off" at the main panel then I would investigate wiring (ex. hot wire got loose to the next outlet in line). My guess is that you had other appliances (TV, or lights, radio) on the same circuit and it poppped the breaker putting in the heating blanket.

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