Electricians: Chandelier went out but it's getting current

[wutamess]

Couple of months ago our family room chandelier went out cold turkey. I'm just now getting time to get to it.

I originally thought it was the switch as I bought one of those non contact voltmeters and it went crazy at t he chandelier. Took off the dimmer and it went crazy inside of the switch box also.

Replaced the switch at Lowes and NOTHING. It still went crazy at the chandelier.

Thought, "that's odd." replaced one bulb and nothing. Tried the same bulb in another room's chandelier and it worked. Any ideas? I'm hurting here for suggestions.

[Demonpenz]

Mods please move this to the "Current" events thread.

[Coach]

Originally Posted by Demonpenz

Mods please move this to the "Current" events thread.

You bastards are taking food out of my kids' mouths. Just let him call me tomorrow.

I'm just kidding about that. Let him zap himself one time. He will call. He never leaves me in the house alone with his wife any more though.

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by Phobia

I'm just kidding about that. Let him zap himself one time. He will call. He never leaves me in the house alone with his wife any more though.

Learned his lesson after one fat headed light skinned kid, eh?

Originally Posted by NewChief

Learned his lesson after one fat headed light skinned kid, eh?

Heh. I call he and his family the black Duggars. They don't even know what that means but his old lady pops out 2 kids per calendar year. I don't know how they do it.

[wutamess]

Actually... I didn't think you did electric work Phil.
Would love to get this taken care of after work tomorrow if you can do it.

After work? Holiday rates. No problem. Text me or something. I'll be smoking some hams and stuff.

[ottawa_chiefs_fan]

an outside chance - if it is on a dimmer and you are using neon-type bulbs - will not work. Obvious, i know...

[FlaChief58]

Originally Posted by UberSparky

Non contact voltage testers are actually inductance testers they can give a false reading due to inductance.

This, I got hit with 220v because I trusted one of the damn things

[plbrdude]

Originally Posted by Flachief58

This, I got hit with 220v because I trusted one of the damn things

if you're ever in doubt at least use the back of your hand to touch so your reaction doesn't grab the wire, you'll just jump off it. though i suppose if you want to use that method on a 477 3 phase, you might deserve what you get.

[FlaChief58]

Originally Posted by plbrdude

if you're ever in doubt at least use the back of your hand to touch so your reaction doesn't grab the wire, you'll just jump off it. though i suppose if you want to use that method on a 477 3 phase, you might deserve what you get.

Yeah, learned my lesson REAL quick. I went back to using my old multimeter and won't touch a wire until I check for volts just to make sure