We purchased a LED light fixture for the kitchen, replacing a small fluorescent light. The new light and two other lights on that breaker worked, but a bathroom light, sockets, and closet light would not work unless I reconnected the old fixture.
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I can give you a scenario of how this could occur.
The old fixture was installed some time ago and it was discovered that the neutral wire was not continuous to the previous fixture. Violating code, the person could have then jumpered the neutral to the ground of the fixture. ( it is also possible that two failures occurred - (1) the neutral and ground shorted in the old fixture and (2) the neutral feeding the old fixture failed ). Whatever the case, for this scenario to work, the neutral and ground are shorted in the old fixture and no neutral is making it to that fixture from the previous light.
If this were the case, the old fixture, the bathroom and the closet would be all relying on the ground circuit as a neutral. If this is the case, it is not a safe situation and it needs to be corrected.
This would explain what is going on, but there could be other issues. I would get an electrician in to check this out. He/She would have the proper tools and test equipment to safely figure this out.
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