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Sort of baffling what happened after a thunderstorm

neil stern

Jul 10, 2017
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hi would anyone know the answer to this . During a thunderstorm my girlfriend had breaker for the outlet for use near the sink OK the power surge tripped the breaker in the bathroom . She has a leaded glass night light that she puts there if nothing else is being used it has a switch on it . Well she told me in the morning that it was not working so i reset it Went to check to see if outlet was hot by plugging in the hair dryer IT WORKED THE Light STILL DID NOT . So i went to the kitchen with the bathroom stain glass light with the switch plugged it in it to my surprise it worked. WHEN i tried in the bathroom now it worked .COOL So works now my job is done. MY QUESTION IS why did this happen did something in the light have to be reset after the thunder storm or was it the outlet ?What was keeping the light from getting power and it was very low power one was a low wt bulb and a hairdryer would work that draws so much more worked well the whole time providing the power was on This is strange to me.
 
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Alec_t

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Welcome to EP!
My guess is the night light switch desn't always make a good connection.
Btw, doesn't your keyboard have a "." character? Your post is very difficult to read with no sentence breaks.
 

neil stern

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hi thanks good thought but we did pug it in a few times it made good contact .and it would not work till i plugged it into to kitchen outlet mind you this nightlight has a switch we would switch it on and off it just lit up fine then i took it to the bathroom and it is working fine now Its like there was a neg charge a resistance till i altered it . well thanks worked on the spacing
 
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