I have a Hunter fan which uses a 27183 dimmer switch. Recently, when I turned the light switch on,there was a flash of blue and then no lights. Circuit breaker did not pop and bulbs are good. When I look at the switch, there are 3 wires, red going to light, blue going to fan, black is hot. Using a non-contact voltage checker, I find that both the black and red wires have voltage through them. The blue fan wire does not (the fan still works). I'm guessing that this means that there is a short in the switch causing my lights not to work... Is this a reasonable assumption or is there more to it than that? Thanks in advance!

I'm looking for product, and I'm not even sure if it exists or what the name is. I help with equipment for a high school colorguard. I noticed that in the closet where they store the flagpoles, flags, etc. there is a bare florescent light on the ceiling. My concern is that in an 8 foot ceiling in a room full of 7 foot long flagpoles being handled by high school students, the chances of breaking the bulb on the florescent light could be pretty good,along with the potential for injury to a student. This closet used to be for long-term storage of the equipment, but the powers that be have decided it's going to be now used on a daily basis. Is there any protective product – a grill, mesh, whatever?-That is available that could lessen the damage/danger caused by a flagpole hitting the light? (By the way I requested that the school change the light to a safer one, and was told “we will get right on it”...... that was two years ago.) As always, thanks in advance.