Electrical gremlins-Looking for advice

[BushMasterBoy]

Do you have a multimeter? Can you borrow one? The multimeter will tell what is wrong. They usually cost about $20. Turn off the power to that circuit by flipping the breaker. Check the circuit with "volts" setting. If volts is zero, you are safe to check resistance. Check resistance with multimeter across contacts of light socket. Zero resistance is a short circuit. Infinite is a open circuit, which is good.


https://www.lowes.com/pd/Southwire-D...meter/50081424

[TFOGGER]

Do you have a multimeter? Can you borrow one? The multimeter will tell what is wrong. They usually cost about $20. Turn off the power to that circuit by flipping the breaker. Check the circuit with "volts" setting. If volts is zero, you are safe to check resistance. Check resistance with multimeter across contacts of light socket. Zero resistance is a short circuit. Infinite is a open circuit, which is good.


https://www.lowes.com/pd/Southwire-D...meter/50081424

I have a Fluke that I use pretty much daily at work. I just lack the motivation to screw with it myself...LOL

The breaker trips with all loads turned off or disconnected, so I'm relatively certain it's not a socket. Hopefully it's in one of the switch boxes or in a junction box. Definitely not in the breaker box, I looked.