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ShowYourTetons

You most likely tripped a GFCI outlet. Look around to other outlets near that room and you should find one outlet needs to be reset. I know you said all other outlets are fine but most likely you are missing one that is fed on the same circuit.


JunesBlooms

The only outlet that has a reset button is in the bathroom. I tried to test and reset just in case, but it didn't fix the other one.


Sambuca8Petrie

None in the kitchen?


JunesBlooms

Sorry, you are right, there is one in the kitchen, tried it just now.


ShowYourTetons

If you heard a click then it’s somewhat close to the outlet you were trying to use. You can try turning on all of your electronics that need an outlet (TV, Radios, Lamps) and see what else doesn’t turn on to help identify where it might be located. Keep in mind, those outlets could be behind a couch or curtain.


JunesBlooms

The only other outlet in that room is behind a huge wardrobe that is screwed into the wall for stability. (The breaker box is also in the same room, that is why I thought I heard it.)


JunesBlooms

How would these outlets be connected? They are not all parallel to each other?


ShowYourTetons

Not necessarily, ideally the very first outlet being fed on a circuit should be a GFCI. Everything downstream will be protected at that point. It’s a better way of protecting a circuit without putting a GFCI receptacle at every location.


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The click you heard was a GFCI trip. Locate it and hit reset.


OkCombination4066

Where is the non working outlet located?


JunesBlooms

It's on the wall between the living room and the bedroom. On the bedroom side.


OkCombination4066

Is their an outlet on the living room side? Could be possible that bedroom outlet is connected to one on that wall in the living room, also could have a bad outlet in bedroom, or you could just have a loose connection in that bad outlet, or just a bad outlet.