Timeline for Best way to test light switch and socket?
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| May 22, 2021 at 23:43 | comment | added | Jasen | a typo of Australia | |
| May 21, 2021 at 2:11 | comment | added | JACK | @Jasen Where's Austalia at? | |
| May 21, 2021 at 1:58 | comment | added | Jasen | In austalia we don't wire lights to GPO circuits. | |
| May 20, 2021 at 22:13 | vote | accept | CommunityBot | ||
| May 20, 2021 at 12:00 | comment | added | JACK | @jrcollins "if no voltage" with a multi meter I was suggesting starting out at the socket with leads on the neutral and hot and operating the switch. If you got no voltage there, then go to the switch, leads on load screw and neutral, operate switch. If you now have voltage, then your wiring to the socket is bad and switch is good. If you don't get voltage, put leads on neutral and hot screw of switch. If you get voltage, then switch it bad. If you get no voltage then problem is beyond switch toward main panel..... Remember to check any GFCI outlets. | |
| May 20, 2021 at 11:50 | comment | added | JACK | @jrcollins It could be the switch, the wiring or something beyond the switch toward the main panel. | |
| May 20, 2021 at 4:13 | comment | added | user82609 | I removed the light bulb from a working light and held the voltage tester up to the socket which set it off. I then did the same with the light I'm working on and nothing happened. Would that suggest the problem is most likely a faulty switch? | |
| May 20, 2021 at 4:09 | comment | added | user82609 | I understand what you said about testing the switch itself using the continuity function and testing the light socket for voltage between the hot and neutral. What I didn't understand was, "If no voltage, test the switch load to neutral and hot to neutral. If no neutral, then test to ground." | |
| May 20, 2021 at 0:51 | comment | added | JACK | @jrcollins Added additional testing to answer. | |
| May 20, 2021 at 0:50 | history | edited | JACK | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Added additional switch testing information.
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| May 20, 2021 at 0:25 | comment | added | user82609 | could you go into a bit more detail about how to test the switch and the reasoning behind it? | |
| May 19, 2021 at 12:07 | history | answered | JACK | CC BY-SA 4.0 |