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I needed to turn off power to the living room, no breakers seemed to work. So, I shut them all off one by one until the power shut off.

Turns out, I have to kill two breakers to kill living room power. Is this normal (I doubt it)? Easiest way to track this down?

I left one of them off.

I needed to turn off power to the living room, no breakers seemed to work. So, I shut them all off one by one until the power shut off. Turns out, I have to kill two breakers to kill living room power. Is this normal (I doubt it)? Easiest way to track this down? I left one of them off.

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All the receptacles and lights work with #17 on and #21 off. Everything works the same with #21 on and #17 off. Is that what you're saying? The circuit is somehow double wired or fed from two circuits. It's not right, but you may be able to cure it by removing the hot wire from one of the breakers. I think you shouldn't rely on advice you get here. You need an electrician. Could be a disaster waiting to happen. My son bought a house that had similar weird issues. We ended up re-wiring a few circuits. He's an electrical engineer, and he never did quite understand why or how it was working.

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Yep. I'm leaving one tripped for now.