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• Posted in thread: Baffling light fixture problem on 06-01-2012 at 02:26 AM
  Hi guys,My friend the (real) electrician was here today. Turned out we had a melted connection
  under the sink at the junction box for the dishwasher and garburator, and for some reason the
  breaker had...

• Posted in thread: Baffling light fixture problem on 05-16-2012 at 02:31 PM
  nealtw > If the power goes to the light first there will be two sets of wires, 2 blacks nuted
  together one white to the light and the other white to the light. So power comes in on one wire
  goes to th...

• Posted in thread: Baffling light fixture problem on 05-15-2012 at 05:08 PM
  Which box has the live wire comming to it, just a guess but if the power comes to the light
  first, have you checked for power at the switch. AL. is brittle you may have broke a wire in
  one of the box...

• Posted in thread: Baffling light fixture problem on 05-13-2012 at 11:47 PM
  So it must be the fixture itself, I thought. But when I connected it to an outlet, it
  worked...1st) Using an inexpensive VOM from a hdw. store, with the fixture connected and the
  switch on, the bulb r...

• Posted in thread: Baffling light fixture problem on 05-06-2012 at 03:43 AM
  Thanks, but as I mentioned, the fixture does work when I plug it directly into an outlet (via
  an extension with no female end).

• Posted in thread: Baffling light fixture problem on 05-05-2012 at 01:57 AM
  Hi guys,I'm having a baffling electrical problem—can you help?I recently upgraded our home's
  light switches from toggles to rockers. A few days later our front porch light flickered a bit
  when I turne...

• Posted in thread: Flat roof fiasco--help! on 10-13-2009 at 03:52 PM
  Hi guys,Last year my wife and I hired someone to replace our home's tar-and-gravel flat roof.
  The roofer we contacted used a high-tech system consisting of a tar undercoat and a white
  polymer topcoat....