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Overhead light shorted? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by crozilla@lemmy.world to c/homeimprovement@lemmy.world

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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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[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Took me days to figure out what was going on, because it didn't occur to me that the outside GFCI would be protecting my kitchen lights.

I hate that. Some genius was either too cheap or too lazy to wire it correctly and just tied it into an unrelated circuit.

[–] crozilla@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

That is the only thing that makes sense. I may have to just check EVERY GFCI in the whole house. I wouldn’t put it past the builder to do something crazy with the wiring….