What's happening inside a socket (presumably) when turning on a light causes the circuit to shut off? Not plugging/unplugging it, but rather activating it? Here's the situation:
The room has a clock radio and a lamp with a CF bulb in it, and was plugged into outlet #2 in the series. Sometimes when the light is turned on, it then shuts off the power to it, and being a series circuit, to the overhead light that comes after it in the circuit (connection #4). I plugged the light/radio into the outlet that comes before it in the series (outlet #1), and it worked, and also allowed the overhead light to work again. I had problems with this outlet (#2) a couple months ago. It had been backstabbed when installed, so I re-wired it to the side posts, but used the same outlet. I'm assuming my first move is to assume that something's wrong with the outlet and to replace it, but I'm curious as to what's happening in there to cause the problem, that's being triggered by the light pulling current? Or could it be the lamp is causing the problem, and just doing so sporadically, and will likewise cause a problem in outlet #1?
Sorry, but this happened at my son's bedtime, so I wasn't able to troubleshoot it with a multimeter at the time. Will do so tomorrow, but wanted to get a post up here to get any feedback as soon as possible. Thanks!