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Why Did I Lose Power to Half My House

If you’ve lost power to half the power in your house, then it could only be one of two problems. You either have a loose connection on the utility side, or you have a bad main breaker. I always tell my customers to check the free option first. Call your local utility company and tell them to check the connections at the utility pole and meter can. They will do this for free. If they say it is all good on their end, then you have a bad main breaker.

You may be wondering how to tell if you have half the power in your house out or just a few circuits. One way to check this is too see if any of your 240 circuits work. If you have an electric dryer or range, see if those come on. If they don’t then you have lost half the power in your house.