So I was on the computer, then all of a sudden I hear BOOM, like an circuit breaker tripping, and everything went quiet. The computer was off.
I took a peek in the electrical panel, but no circuit breakers had tripped. Odd, I thought. But I still didn't have electricity to my computer.
I did some investigating, and it seems the bathroom light, and two outlets are dark. That's it. Nothing else. Also, with a voltmeter I checked each circuit breaker. I thought maybe one of them had broken, but was left in the ON position. I took my voltmeter, and checked the voltage of each wire going to the circuit breakers against the neutral. All came up as 120 V. And when I would turn off any one of the circuit breakers, the meter showed 0 V. So it wasn't that.
But still, I have no electricity. What could be the issue? Any suggestions?
Other oddball ideas that came to my mind was that maybe those particular outlets and lights were connected to my neighbor's circuit. Could this be, or is it totally out of the question?
Actually the room where the dead outlets are has one outlet that works. Also the light is on in that room. Weird, I thought all the outlets in a room would be in the same circuit. And the bathroom, which has no light now, has a working outlet also.
I'm pretty much at my wits end, and probably will have to get an electrician. But maybe someone would have any experience of a similar situation, before I call one to turn a circuit breaker or twist a knob.