I have about half my house with no electrical power, probably due to a storm moving through the area. The outlets in the powered section test at 122v but the "dead" outlets still test at 8v. I have tried turning off the 240v breakers and testing again, no change. From reading other posts I figure it is one phase line knocked out that the electric company will deal with, but I'm concerned that the "dead" outlets still have a small bit of power. Does this mean it is the neutral that is out? Is this dangerous to run what I can on the circuits that are still live? Location is USA.
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Call your electrical company and tell them you lost one leg (phase) of the supply, most likely due to wind.
Turning off all 240V breakers is a good idea - this way the voltage can't traverse through e.g. a heater and power the other outlets with weird voltage values.
8V is within "phantom voltage" limits - usually induced voltage from cables running close to each other.
