Check for:

• Burnt out bulb or fluorescent tube.
• Defective fluorescent starter.
• Faulty switch.
• Loose wiring.
• Faulty socket.

Remedies:

• Replace bulb or tube.
• Replace fluorescent starter.
• Replace switch.
• Tighten connections at switch or fixture.
• WHAT ABOUT SOCKET?

Circuit refers to the course electric current travels, from the point where power enters your house (the service entrance panel or a subpanel wired to it) through wires to a device using electricity (such as a light fixture) and back to its starting point.

Check for:

• Overloaded circuit.
• Damaged plug.
• Damaged cord.
• Loose wiring.
• Defect in appliance or lamp.

Remedies:

• Test for overload -- shift appliance or lamp to another circuit.
• Replace plug.
• Replace cord.
• Tighten connections at switch or receptacle.
• Test in another circuit -- repair if faulty.

Check for:

• Loose wiring.
• Faulty switch.
• Faulty receptacle.

Remedies:

• Tighten connections at switch or receptacle.
• Replace switch.
• Replace receptacle.

Check for:

• erloaded circuit.
• Loose connection at receptacle.
• Short circuit.

Remedies:

• Test for overload; shift appliance or lamp to another circuit.
• Tighten connections at receptacle.
• Test for short circuit; make necessary repair.

Check for:

• Loose wiring.
• Faulty receptacle.
• Short circuit.

Remedies:

• Tighten connections at receptacle.
• Replace receptacle.
• Test for short circuit; make necessary repair.

Check for:

• Loose wiring.
• Faulty switch.

Remedies:

• Tighten connections at switch or fixture.
• Replace switch.

Check for:

• Overloaded circuit.
• Short circuit.
• Loose wiring.
• Faulty switch.

Remedies:

• Test for overload; make necessary adjustment.
• Test for short circuit; make necessary repair.
• Tighten connections at switch.
• Replace switch.

A blown fuse or tripped circuit breaker is a signal that you may have either a short circuit or an overload in the electrical system.

• Look for black smudge marks on switch or receptacle cover plates, or for frayed or damaged cords or damaged plugs on lamps and appliances connected to the dead circuit.
• Replace a damaged cord or plug.
• Then replace the fuse or reset the breaker.
• If the circuit goes dead after an appliance has been in use for a short time, you probably have an overloaded circuit.
• Move some of the lamps and appliances to another circuit and replace the fuse or reset the circuit breaker for the first circuit.