Troubleshooting a Bathroom Light
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1) Check the breakers. One of the easiest trouble calls for an electrician is when the breaker is off and the customer didn't realize it. If the breaker trips, it will sit in between the off and the on position. More often than not it will not go completely to the middle position but lay real close to the on position. Save yourself some money and turn each breaker off and then on again to ensure you have no tripped breakers.
2) Test the GFCI in the bathroom. If you don't have a tester, plug a lamp in, if the lamp does not turn on reset the GFCI in the bathroom. If the GFCI does not reset replace it, that's the problem.
3) Look for additional GFCI'S. Many times there will be a separate GFCI controlling the lights, or even a GFCI in a different location(another bathroom) controlling the lights.
4) Check the light bulbs. This should be number 1 but if you didn't start off with out me telling you, now you know the troubleshooting steps.
5) Check the switch. This link will tell you how to do that. Single Pole Switch
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John
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