why is my bathroom light not working and the rest in the house are ok?

Answer 1

Change the bulb!

Or the fuse to be fair....

Answer 2

Check the bulb, breaker or fuse, or in a bathroom situation, moisture may have caused any of the components to have accelerated aging and it just died a natural death. This can be checked by putting a new bulb in, and if the above things are in proper working order, the fixture is blown and must be replaced. Then you should get an electrician or someone in the know to change it. Electricity is not a learn as you go experience; you need to know what you're doing before you fiddle around with wiring.

Answer 3

1- Do you have a receptacle that you plug a razor or hair dryer into close in the same area?
2- Try it and look for a reset button on it if it doesn't work press it all the way in then check your light.
3- If you don't have this, then go to your circuit breaker panel and look very closely to see if any one of them is partly off (hard to see). Just turn each breaker completely off [to reset it] then back on.
Between these two basic steps you should fix most problems (outside trying a second bulb).
Note: In a rare situation, another bathroom receptacle or nearby kitchen may have the light circuit sharing a GFCI receptacle and which be tripped just like a circuit breaker and will also be off until it is reset. The receptacles have push to test and reset buttons on them. Good Luck !

Answer 4

It's easy to check the switch, with an electrical multi-meter ( if you don't have one borrow one or purchase one at your local wal-mart for cheap about 15.00 ), 1st turn the breaker off that powers the bathroom, take the cover plate off and take the screws out that hold the switch in and pull the switch out of box, with the switch turned on and the multi-meter set to measure ohms place one probe to one terminal and the other probe to the other terminal and if it reads zero then the switch is good, you have continuity through the switch, sometimes if the person wiring the house used the push in receptacles for the line in and out on the back of the switch it may not be making good contact, or the wire may have broken, in which case re-strip the wire and reinsert it. you don't say if everything else in your bathroom is working or not but if they are and it's just the light that's the problem then more than likely it's got to be the switch or the fixture, mostly in these situations for me anyway it's the switch............Jack

Answer 5

Do you have a GFCI receptacle in the bathroom?. Try re-setting the red button. They could be wired together. If not then you might have a short on that fixture and it needs to be replaced.
Also your breaker could have tripped. Try turning your breakers on and off. On some breakers...you can't tell if they were tripped.
If all of these are fine, it could be the switch.

Answer 6

a) The bulb is burnt out;
b) The wire on the connection is loose or off..

Thus.. IF the bulb is NOT burnt out.. then remove the face place of the turnon/off switch. remove it completely from the wall and see if the two wires are connected properly

Answer 7

It's a solar flare that has burst from the sun during an equinox ; at a proper angle to your home!! ... or just the bulb or a fuse.

Answer 8

got some bulb ideas here. it could be your earth in the switch.the fitting what your bulb locks in could have a loose connection or corroded wire with the steam.isolate power to upstairs lighting from your consumer unit before you attempt any

Answer 9

Try changing the bulb

Answer 10

Bad light bulb or switch.

Answer 11

check the pull cord. They often get bits of grit fall into them from the loft space.

Take the switch fitting down and turn it upside down, give it a few good taps, try again.

...and i didn't mention the lightbulb once !