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Default liht switch has power to both sides but light does not work


"jmalfano" wrote in message
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I have severial rooms that the light switch does not work but both sides
of the switches have power going to them, before it happend the lights in
all the rooms flickerd on and of
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If both terminals of a single pole switch are reading hot, when tested to
ground, and this situation exists in several rooms, you likely have an open
circuit on the neutral conductor