Outdoor fixtures live in the rain. Water, corrosion and a tripped GFCI cover most of it — one reset to try, then call.
Three causes cover almost every call we get for this.
Outdoor circuits are GFCI-protected, often from an outlet in the garage or a bathroom.
Dusk-to-dawn sensors and motion sensors fail after a few years. Replace the sensor or the fixture.
A fixture with a cracked gasket, a box that fills with water, a corroded socket.
Takes a minute, costs nothing, fixes it more often than you would think.
Press RESET on every GFCI in the house, including the garage.
Cover the photocell with your hand at dusk; if the light comes on, the sensor is fine.
Still happening? That's our job.
We open the fixture and box, dry and repair or replace the corroded connections, replace a failed sensor or fixture, reseal against the weather, and make sure the circuit is properly GFCI-protected.
Online or by phone. A technician reaches out within 1 business hour.
Traced to the box or device it lives in. Exact price before any work, you approve it first.
Right parts, tested under load, next connection checked so it does not come back.
A porch, garage or landscape light that has stopped working is usually one of four things: a GFCI that tripped and cut power to the outdoor circuit, a photocell or motion sensor that has failed, water that got into the fixture or its box and corroded the connections, or a bulb socket that has rusted. Press reset on your GFCIs first; everything else means opening a wet-location fixture on a live circuit, which is where an electrician comes in.
Yes. We install fixtures you have bought or bring LED and motion-sensor options.
Water is getting into the box or fixture and tripping the GFCI. We find the entry point and seal it.
Exact price before any work starts.
Usually within a day or two. A technician reaches out within 1 business hour.
Licensed electricians across South King and Pierce County. Exact price before any work starts.