[villagetinker]

Originally Posted by bagboy

Ours is on the living room circuit.

Something sounds wrong here. The post light is supposed to be on a GFCI, and the living room will typically not have these. So just out of curiosity was the house always this way, or was this a resale that someone may have modified the wiring?
From a safety perspective be very careful around the post light, and do not use it for an outside outlet unless a GFCI is installed.