Looking for electrician in Edmond residential work.

[turkeyrun]

The light is over the throne so no plugs near by. The plugs are by the vanity across the walkthrough area. I thought maybe the GFI ' s were messing me up but they test and reset properly.

The plug could be on opposite side of wall, in another room.

 

[KOPBET]

It sounds like you know which circuit breaker is involved. If you do, then it should be a simple process of elimination to find out what all is energized by it and check the connections therein.

 

[Snattlerake]

Need to have lightswitch replaced. I tried doing it myself but something else is going on. Not getting any power on hot lead. Double checked breakers GFI's.

Did you use a meter?

 

[panayoti]

No I just spit on my fingers and touch the leads. If my hands are full I just put one lead in my mouth.
Yes I used a meter. Checked for voltage and used resistance function to check continuity from switch to light fixture. And neutral termination in box. I have had breakers go bad before. However there are other outlets and lights on the same breaker that are working. With the switch removed I was checking the hot wire to ground and one time I got 48 vac but have not been able to replicate. I was going to pull off the fuse box cover and look around but my wife started freaking out.

 

[Snattlerake]

No I just spit on my fingers and touch the leads. If my hands are full I just put one lead in my mouth.
Yes I used a meter. Checked for voltage and used resistance function to check continuity from switch to light fixture. And neutral termination in box. I have had breakers go bad before. However there are other outlets and lights on the same breaker that are working. With the switch removed I was checking the hot wire to ground and one time I got 48 vac but have not been able to replicate. I was going to pull off the fuse box cover and look around but my wife started freaking out.

It sounds like a loose neutral wire if you are getting 48 volts. You might have a backstabbed receptacle not making good contact with the wiring. I have also seen circuits with multiple GFCI's on them. The GFI on my son-in-law's house is outside for the Christmas lights and it runs from another GFI inside the garage. The outside GFI would not reset. I replaced the GFI outside and it's all good now.

Just advising what you might be running into. Your best bet is to get an electrician.

 

[Waltercat]

fuse box cover?

How old is the wiring?

 

[turkeyrun]

@ mtnboomer

 

[panayoti]

It's a breaker box. I still call it a fuse box.

Thanks for the input guys

 

[panayoti]

I got a call that the electrician was on his way so I was clearing away some clutter in the closet and found an outlet with a tripped GFI ! What a dork I am. Reset GFI and now I have power! Amazing. It's the only closet in the house with an outlet. Anyway thanks for all the help guys.

 

[Sted-E Ed-E]

I got a call that the electrician was on his way so I was clearing away some clutter in the closet and found an outlet with a tripped GFI ! What a dork I am. Reset GFI and now I have power! Amazing. It's the only closet in the house with an outlet. Anyway thanks for all the help guys.

Called it!
I’m glad you found it, and hopefully avoided a service fee.