A faulty or nonworking ceiling light can pose a serious fire hazard to your home.
Lights wont turn on in one room.
And if the old one is a cfl compact fluorescent don t spend much time thinking it can t be the bulb.
One thing about gfci outlets is that they can control outlets and lights in other parts of the home other than where the gfci is located.
If the breakers are not labeled it should be obvious as the tripped breaker won t be in line with the rest.
They re supposed to last 10 years some of them don t last 10 months.
How to figure out problems with ceiling lights.
It s weird when it s just one room in the house with everything else humming away all bright and cheery like nothing happened.
Find the breaker that is for your room.
It is quite common for a gfci to be tripped in a bathroom kitchen laundry room closet or even outdoors and somewhere else in the home is also affected.
Continue through the breakers then go and check your lights.
If a new bulb doesn t work turn off the switch or pull the plug turn off the power that is and try bending up the little metal tab inside the bulb.
If this still hasn t solved the problem.
When you have replaced the bulb and are still left in the dark.
Just flip the breaker to the off position wait one or two seconds then turn it back on.