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I have a set up in my living room where one switch turns on/off the electricity for another part of the living room.

This is the switch

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When I turned on this switch, the part of the living room in the following picture gets electricity (the switches shown, and plugs work as expected)

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I don't know what happened but the switches no longer work. I believes it fits in the timeline when we had a power outage, but unsure.

The question is: how can I diagnose what is the issue and fix it? I've tried resetting all circuit breakers with no luck

Nobita
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Start out by turning off the breaker for that room, remove the cover plate for the switches and unscrew the switch. Turn the power back on and check for power to the switch and leaving the switch. If there's power, start checking the outlets and switches down stream from that switch for connection problems. If there's no power to the switch, go back to the main panel and check for power leaving the breaker since they can go bad. Also check to see if you oven, stove, water heater, 240V appliances, work and check for voltage coming into the main panel. If you're not comfortable doing this, get some qualified outside help.

JACK
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