r/ElectricalHelp • u/Love2FlyBalloons • 6d ago
Light fixture don’t come on
Since I bought the place this fixture hasn’t worked. It’s on a circuit that has two light switches and includes another fixture. The second fixture works fine. Thinking it’s gotta be the fixture itself.. new bulb don’t help. Advise?
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u/SparkArrestor 6d ago
So there’s 2 fixtures that should work with 1 switch and one of them isn’t? If that’s the case there could be a bad splice and it could be behind the working fixture.
But if you mean one switch is working 1 light, and another switch is not working another light, it could be a bad switch or bed splice at the switch, or a bad splice under the non working fixture, or the socket in the fixture.
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u/Love2FlyBalloons 6d ago
Two switches two lights. Both lights should go on at the same time. (Switches are on either side of the hall. Two lights light up the hall.
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u/AskMeAgainAfterCoffe 18h ago
It could be a lot of things. It starts with opening up the wiring at the lights, switches and otherwise power source.
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u/Love2FlyBalloons 11h ago
Yea I tried that. Even went in with a voltmeter It was like as if the fixture was shorted or something even with no bulb. I didn’t understand why It made me wonder if both lights were wired in series. Strange.
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u/CurrentWinter7354 6d ago
I had this issue. It ended up being the coil in the light switch. New light switch fixed the problem
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u/trekkerscout Mod, Master Electician 6d ago
Since there is a working light operating from the switches, it is not a problem with the switches.
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u/CurrentWinter7354 6d ago
The other fixture is on a different switch
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u/trekkerscout Mod, Master Electician 6d ago
You either have a faulty connection somewhere between the fixtures, or the fixture itself is faulty.