I got a 5 yr old house, quality built or at least you’d think for 750,000 bucks.
One recessed can in the kitchen stopped working. I flip flopped working light bulbs around so I ruled out its just a bad bulb.
Any suggestions one how to go about trouble shooting this?
Do cans just short out?
Is there some sort of transformer in there i can replace?
The Second floor is up there so its not like I can crawl up there for an easy replace.
Thanks in advance.
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Some contain a fuse or thermal cutout to protect them in case you use the wrong type of bulb.
Are they low voltage, with the MR-15 type lamps? If so they have a transformer. More likely, like the other poster said, it's a high temperature(thermal) cutout, or a loose connection in the junction box. If it is an A type or par lamp look in the socket to see if there is any evidence of arcing.
"Are they low voltage, with the MR-15 type lamps"You are thinking MR-16.And there are both 12 volt and 120 versions of MR-16. But th 120 uses a completely different base style.There are also MR-11 and MR-8 bulbs. There are a few thousand other LV bulbs, but I don't know if any are used in recessed lighting.And there are also flouscrent can's that have builtin ballast..
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A-holes. Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.
My bad . You're right. Actually I thought there were both, 15 and 16.
Rich
you have to pull the trim down out of the fixture to futz with the connections, not a lot of room unless you have tiny hands some very sharp edges or clips too
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TURN THE POWER OFF at the panel, in case the neutral is shared
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