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Overhead light shorted? (self.homeimprovement)

submitted 1 month ago by crozilla to c/homeimprovement

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My wife turned on the wall switch and the pendant light over our dining room table went out. The fuse outside didn’t blow—none of them needed to be reset. I checked for power in the light’s hanging cord, but nothing. I pulled the wall switch to check for power and nothing there either. Thoughts?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ever figure out what this was?

[–] crozilla 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nope, I’ve called an electrician to sort it. Also have a switch upstairs that does nothing. Gonna have him go all detective on that, too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Those are the frustrating issues.

When we first moved to this house (different than the one I mentioned elsewhere in the comments), I had a breaker that would seemingly randomly trip, knocking out power for some lights in the basement and a pond in the back yard. A year or two later we removed the drop ceiling in the basement and discovered a wire that was not properly secured into a metal box...it had moved enough over time that it had worn through the insulation and the hot wire was occasionally touching the metal box, causing the trip. Sigh. Hopefully it's not a situation like that!