Hello,

I have a 2 bulb 40 watt fluorescent light fixture at the ceiling in my garage. This morning, both lights stopped working. Since the bulbs had been in for quite a while, I replaced them both, but the new ones don’t work either.

I then checked the wall switch, which is a standard two-way switch. When I put my voltage tester on it, I get NO reading when the switch is in the ON position, but with the switch in the OFF position, I get a normal 110 volt reading!

The switch is not installed upside down, since it has always worked when the switch is turned to the on position.

Question: Do I have a short circuit due to a problem with the fluorescent fixture, or do I have a defective switch or both or what? And why do I get a meter reading when the switch is OFF?

Thanks,
Louis