Apparently it’s national electrical gremlins month. Started having intermittent problems with lights. After much trouble shooting, discovered one of the workmen we had redo our bathroom put in an electrical box with a super sharp piece of metal that cut through the insulation on one of the wires. What a $!&^ to troubleshoot and a crazy fire hazard. Jagged metal in the deep back of an electrical box buried behind a crap ton’o wire isn’t something you expect to find.
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