I had a similar issue before where some of the wires continued over to power another fixture in another room. A voltmeter helped me check for hots reliably and I was able to see when something was wrong when the voltage was off (no where near 120v). Good luck!
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I had a similar issue before where some of the wires continued over to power another fixture in another room. A voltmeter helped me check for hots reliably and I was able to see when something was wrong when the voltage was off (no where near 120v). Good luck!