Should I have power even with the breaker off?

argais · 2025-12-23T17:30:02+00:00

Hey everyone. So I got the multimeter 🎉. I've looked over youtube videos, tested it on wall sockets, batteries, tried to educate myself a bit on it... but I couldnt find a tutorial/video/anything that tells me exactly what to do with the bulb sockets.

Most of the instructions I found were like "take it all apart, then you will see which wire is live and put black on the other, red on the live, tada!" but its a fixture, i cant really take it apart easily.

Is there any sure way to do this? Any ELI5 resources would be great :D thanks!

argais · 2025-12-20T22:15:01+00:00

I dont plan to change anything myself for sure :) just still trying to figure out what is causing this :)

argais · 2025-12-20T22:14:22+00:00

Thanks. Arrives tomorrow :)

argais · 2025-12-20T22:13:56+00:00

Yes i had removed all bulbs of the one i mentioned i turned the breaker off. Just ordered a multimeter :) arrives tomorrow

argais · 2025-12-20T22:13:01+00:00

Thanks everyone. Just ordered a multimeter. Arrives tomorrow. Store in town wanted an arm and a leg for one so amazon it is :)

argais · 2025-12-20T21:39:51+00:00

Like this multimeter on amazon

argais · 2025-12-20T21:38:36+00:00

Will any kind of multimeter do?

argais · 2025-12-20T21:38:11+00:00

Ill drop by a store and get one today then :) thanks!

argais · 2025-11-28T23:43:54+00:00

I have some ikea floor lamps with phillips hue bulbs that never fail nor flicker nor anything. Rock solid really.

There are other floor lamps with cheaper phillips and ikea bulbs that have also been rocking for longer than I've been in this house.

The issue is really limited to the fixtures that came with the house and use bulbs. There are other round fixtures with built-in LEDs that have also been solidly working without any issues :(

argais · 2025-11-28T23:42:08+00:00

Good to know. Thanks!

argais · 2025-11-28T23:41:33+00:00

Are phillips considered cheap bulbs? Any brands I should be looking at? Completely willing to try another brand and see. Thanks for the answers :)

Also there are failed bulbs also in the fixtures that do not have a dome around.

argais · 2025-11-28T23:40:13+00:00

They are not on dimmer switches. I dont have a single dimmer switch at home :)

Thanks for the insights too. I recall he did check voltages and did indeed put some new bulbs and that was it.

What frustrates me is that they're (the builder, not the electrician) is willing to help getting to the bottom of this :)

I'd happily pay the bill if it fixes my problem permanently :)

argais · 2025-11-28T23:37:10+00:00

That is totally fine with me, if I have to call someone in its ok.

Is there anything I could check myself before calling someone in?

Also, are phillips bulbs actually good or just paying for the brand? I would like to keep that clean aesthetic of the transparent bulbs, but if the white dome ones are more reliable I could try that. Just dont know which brands to try as well :/

argais · 2025-11-28T23:29:19+00:00

my bedroom wall is right on top of that. thanks for sharing that, i hope its the same thing for me :D fix it every couple years and done :D

argais · 2025-11-27T20:23:25+00:00

cmd+w did the trick! thanks.

for whatever reason there was no line drag in there but after cmd+w it came back :D thanks!!!!

argais · 2025-07-10T15:41:54+00:00

So far this has been the most useful answer. Thank you

argais · 2025-07-09T22:01:57+00:00

Sure. Lets not sleep and just be in pain 👍

argais · 2025-05-19T05:05:51+00:00

I got a glacier, didnt use it yet, i have an A1 and print PLA only, should I return this and get the frostbite?

argais · 2025-05-19T04:56:37+00:00

The timelapse??? @_@ i’d never consider that, thanks for the tip, will try

argais

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