Dead outlets

[Anonymous]

2 outlets in my kitchen are not working. The breaker isn't tripped. I have had guys at my house for the past 2 days doing some remodeling - could their power tools have done something? Any ideas? What can I try before calling in an electrician? Thanks!

[Anonymous]

First check your GFIs. (The outlets with the little button that pops out in case of instability in the current.) There's likely at least one in your kitchen -- try resetting that and see what happens. If that doesn't solve the problem, check the other GFIs in the house. Often they're wired in such a way that something trips the GFI, which then shuts down power to all the other outlets downstream on the same circuit. So a blown GFI in the bathroom could cut power to your kitchen.

Also recheck your panel. Make sure the breakers are ALL the way over to "on"; it may be that one tripped enough to cut the power but didn't physically move all the way over to the "off" position.

[Anonymous]

I agree with the PP. All of my bathrooms and one outside outlet were on the same GCFI (GFCI?) breaker and they all went out at the same time. Took me awhile to figure it out. If you find the switch in your breaker box that controls one, it probably controls the other one(s).