Can anyone help me with a outdoor receptacle?

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I have an outdoor receptacle that went dead on me recently it used to work fine before and I cannot understand why it lost power suddenly. I opened the box and the connections seem to be fine but there was no power when I checked the black wire directly. There is one circuit breaker which operates several other receptacles and they seem to be working properly. However I must say that the circuit breaker is a little loose.. but that does not explain why the other receptacles are working fine and only the outdoor receptacle not getting the power.
Any help identifying the problem is much appreciated before I get a pro to do it.
I have an outdoor receptacle (no GFI) that went dead on me recently it used to work fine before and I cannot understand why it lost power suddenly. I opened the box and the connections seem to be fine but there was no power when I checked the black wire directly. There is one circuit breaker which operates several other receptacles and they seem to be working properly. However I must say that the circuit breaker is a little loose.. but that does not explain why the other receptacles are working fine and only the outdoor receptacle not getting the power.
Any help identifying the problem is much appreciated before I get a pro to do it.
I see rust on the receptacle... when I checked the black wire directly it did not have any power..
the receptacle is non GFCI
 
is there a white or red reset button between the 2 plugs? is there any rust on any of the wires? the outlet is not cracked ?
 
internal corrosion of the plug. try replaceing the actually plug(make sure to turn of the breaker first) and makeing a fresh connection to the plug by sniping of the ends of the wires insde the box and making new ends.
 
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