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Thank you in advance for any help you're able to give. I just bought a townhouse recently. I was doing laundry when there was a pop, and my light went out. The pop tripped the whole breaker, but I Googled it and read that it can sometimes happen. I assumed the bulbs just went out, so I replaced them and thought nothing more about it.

The next day, the brand-new bulbs also blew out. So I did some investigating and discovered that the fixture could possibly be bad. It did look a bit crusty, and after I removed it, I could tell the black wires were in bad shape (see attached photo).

Over the weekend, I tried to wire in a new flush-mount LED fixture. Before installing it completely flush, I flipped the breaker on to make sure that the light actually turned on (it did), and then I went to finish mounting it, but I didn't turn the breaker back off. Once I moved the light, it immediately popped again and tripped the breaker. So I just took it down. I will say, maybe I didn't tighten the wires enough because it was a little too easy to pull them apart.

My question is, did I just wire this light wrong, and I need to try again with tighter connections? Is it normal to get a short like that when you move a light? Is it a bigger problem, like a circuit problem, that I need to call a professional for? Any help is much appreciated.

UPDATE: I tried again with tighter connections and we are good to go! It works!