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Please help diagnose electrical problem parangles 10-16-2006
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Posted by parangles on October 16, 2006, 6:50 pm


A cheap fan light bulb separated between the base and glass and shorted
when I was unscewing it.
Now I am not getting power at the bulb or in the wall switch.
None of the breakers appeared to be tripped and anyway I switched them
all off
and on but still no power.
Whats up ? Am I right in assuming that its a breaker, and if so how can

I identify the right one.
Thanks !


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Posted by RBM on October 16, 2006, 7:16 pm


You can possibly assume it's a breaker if other things are still dead, other
than the fan-light. If so, you need to open the panel and check each circuit
breaker with a volt meter or test light


>A cheap fan light bulb separated between the base and glass and shorted
> when I was unscewing it.
> Now I am not getting power at the bulb or in the wall switch.
> None of the breakers appeared to be tripped and anyway I switched them
> all off
> and on but still no power.
> Whats up ? Am I right in assuming that its a breaker, and if so how can
>
> I identify the right one.
> Thanks !
>



Posted by parangles on October 16, 2006, 7:24 pm


Thanks . I forgot to mention that the fan still has power
but not the light circuit. ( in the wall switch)
Would the fan and the fan lights
usually be on the same, or separate breakers ?


Posted by Joseph Meehan on October 16, 2006, 7:47 pm


parangles wrote:
> Thanks . I forgot to mention that the fan still has power
> but not the light circuit. ( in the wall switch)
> Would the fan and the fan lights
> usually be on the same, or separate breakers ?

I would suspect the switch. Check all the wire connections as well.

Now if you have only one light on the fan, I would suspect the socket
first.

--
Joseph Meehan

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Posted by Terry on October 16, 2006, 7:24 pm


> A cheap fan light bulb separated between the base and glass and shorted
> when I was unscewing it.
> Now I am not getting power at the bulb or in the wall switch.
> None of the breakers appeared to be tripped and anyway I switched them
> all off
> and on but still no power.
> Whats up ? Am I right in assuming that its a breaker, and if so how can
>

You could have the part of the lamp still in the base. Does the fan
work?


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