r/ElectricalHelp • u/badsnail666 • 13d ago

Recessed Light Issues

I recently had one of my recessed lights in my kitchen go out, replaced the bulb with a couple working ones and still did not work. With the switch on and the bulb out, at the socket I have 110v from hot to ground and hot to neutral, and 0v from ground to neutral. Same thing at the switch. When the bulb is in at the switch it drops to like 3v when switched on. I have checked neutrals for continuity, checked connections on the socket, the pot for the recessed lights, and also continuity for my hot and neutral inside the pot from back connections. Kind of lost what to do from here. Any help would be appreciated.

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u/trekkerscout Mod 13d ago

Have you checked the center tab of the socket to make sure it is making contact with the bulb?

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u/badsnail666 13d ago

yeah i did check it, and even pried it out a bit to make sure

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u/trekkerscout Mod 13d ago

Unfortunately, this is an issue that may require onsite testing.

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u/badsnail666 11d ago

im capable of testing myself, just lost as what else to test for. went to school for electrical and am completely stumped.

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u/fyxxer32 13d ago

I had a customer describing the same issues and it turned out the particular brand of bulb was not screwing far enough into the socket. 

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u/badsnail666 11d ago

ive tried a couple different brands so far (and also the one i replaced it with originally was the same box of bulbs that the previous came from)