Light fixture killed entire breaker?
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Light fixture killed entire breaker?
Ok so 1 am I'm laying in bed watching tv all the sudden power in the room goes off? Check the breaker nope not tripped. I didn't recall that the fixture in the bathroom has been humming for the last week I had chalked it up to light bulbs about to go out itap the fixture and Wallah all the power comes back on I didn't notice a little glow behind the fixture so I immediately kill the breaker and remove the fixture this is a very old fixture probably original to the house built in the late 50s so anyway once the pictures off I kept the wires and turn on the breaker but now everything on that breaker has no power the breaker never tripped and there are no GFI seems like it's possibly a bad breaker but just seems kind of unlikely the way it happened any other explanations? Thanks in advance
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Now it's a real problem
So today I replaced the breaker and still no power
I even tried shifting the load to a workibg breaker and still no power I didn't disconnect any spices when removing the old fixture
the old fixture had a small mark on it where it seemed to be grounding out
I'm stumped any ideas
I even tried shifting the load to a workibg breaker and still no power I didn't disconnect any spices when removing the old fixture
the old fixture had a small mark on it where it seemed to be grounding out
I'm stumped any ideas
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Most likely the problem is where the light fixture was. If you have a meter, check to see that you have hot , neutral and ground coming to the fixture ( if there actually is a ground). In your exploring, you will need to figure out if the power comes in at the light fixture or the light switch. Then check to see if the end of a wire has broke off inside a wire nut. There could even be a broken wire and the shield is covering the break. When you move the wire it will make and break contact.
Be sure to be careful, the breaker is still on so there should be power there somewhere.
Be sure to be careful, the breaker is still on so there should be power there somewhere.