electrical troubleshooting

badgolferman · 2016-01-11T15:49:49+00:00

My house has an outside light over the garage door which doesn't work. My goal is to replace it with an automatic flood light. There is a light switch plate inside the garage on the same wall that has two switches, one for the lights inside the garage and one presumably for the outside one. I have taken the light fixture off and checked the wires but don't see any voltage there no matter what position the switch is in. My next step is to take the switch plate apart and check for voltage there. Would I be right to assume both switches should be on the same circuit? What other troubleshooting tips do you have?

Jan 11, 2016 24 Replies

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dpb 10 years ago

On 01/11/2016 3:10 PM, badgolferman wrote: ...

Sounds like backstab? If so, hopefully the "properly" above is defined as putting both it and the other lead on the screw terminals...

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badgolferman 10 years ago

Yes.

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Stormin Mormon 10 years ago

I hope the cold people in the cold house were properly thankful?

As for me, I do thank you for the follow up, it is good to know what works.

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Stormin Mormon 10 years ago

I've been known to use a bit of dielectric grease, to reduce the chance of corrosion at some later date.

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bob_villain 10 years ago

No doubt it's your KY substitute...you yammer about it so much! ?| ???|?

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