Cool, half the power in my apartment just went out!

[Deja Q]

I went to turn on a lamp's light switch. All of a sudden, the kitchen and living room lights went out.

I've two other lamps on the same side of the wall. One does not work, yet the other does! I can presume they're on two different circuits, oddly...

Both my computers are still running, as is the printer... :shrug:

The lights switches don't work yet the electric outlets on the same panel DO work!!

The circuit breaker suggests little #9 has partially clicked to the 'off' position (it appears to be stuck in the middle!).

Do these things click themselves off periodically, like once every 7 years, just for fun or something?!

I'd rather not risk a full outage as my cell phone's new battery is charging and needs to have power for 24 hours straight, according to Radio Shack's salesman...

Should I leave it be until tomorrow night to put the circuit switch back into "on"? The fridge and oven work (though the light and fan above the oven don't).

Sorry to be so namby-pamby, I've never quite experienced this before! :eyes: