About a year ago I had two recessed lights installed in the hallway. They
were previously regular lights, so I was told it was just cutting a hole out
and hooking the wiring back up. He also changed the switches to the newer
flat switches. They worked for 2 months until one day it just stopped
working. I'm not too keen working with electricity.

Just a few weeks ago I called the actual makers of the recessed lighting and
they said that it "sounds" like a problem with both of the actual units
internal components. Seemed a little weird to me, i thought it had something
to do with the wiring. But I got the new units, thinking that will an easy
fix on my side. Since all the wiring is set up I could just match the
connections with the new identical unit.

Switched off the power to the hallway, tested making sure I turned off the
right breaker. Then installed white to white / black to black / ground to
ground on one of the units, leaving the other one alone. Put a light in, and
as soon as I switched on the breaker, I heard a pop near the actual light.
And the breaker popped to the middle position. Looked up online which said
it's in the neutral position after being popped.

I checked the other light and it is black to black / white to white / ground
to ground. I didn't think it could be a problem with the wiring since it for
sure worked for a couple months.


*Occasionally I get a recessed light that has a defective thermal protector
in it. Usually it shorts out immediately. Once I had one start blinking a
few weeks after I left the job. I had to go back and replace the recessed
light.

To have two recessed lights stop working at the same time is not likely an
internal component problem. I would look for a bad splice somewhere in the
circuit. Do you have juice at the switch?

You could wire up a pigtail socket to the wires that feed the recessed
lights to make sure that you have electricity going to the lights.