Identify power source-UPDATE
Son bought a house that is several years old and is updating outside light fixtures. On the far side of the house is a GFCI that has no power. On a brick column near it is a light fixture that I was g...
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Did the GFI outlet have power BEFORE the light fixture arced? If so, maybe the GFI outlet feeds the light fixture, and the arc destroyed the GFI outlet. The only way to check is to take the GFI outlet out and see what is in that box. Be careful, because there may be hot wires behind the outlet, even if the outlet, itself, is dead.
Come to think of it, that would be a very useful piece of knowledge, even if the GFI was dead before the arc. My next step would be to take that outlet out and see what is going on in that box. It is very possible you have power TO that box, but no power out of it.
Come to think of it, that would be a very useful piece of knowledge, even if the GFI was dead before the arc. My next step would be to take that outlet out and see what is going on in that box. It is very possible you have power TO that box, but no power out of it.
