I am not taking anything away from the poster who was able to do it himself, if you have an electrical background. But most of us do not and when it comes to electrical problems that is one of the leading causes of home fires.
I think it well worth the cost to have it looked at by someone trained in fixing electrical issues. I had a problem recently with a wall outlet in our master bathroom. We had been gone for a week, upon return, there was a strong electrical burning odor in the house. We had shut down almost all of the load circuits when we left. It turns out the bathroom outlet had been installed improperly, which created more load then it could handle. The outlet was almost entirely burned and would have started a fire. The outlet had been replaced by the previous owner and installed incorrectly! There are just some things better left to the professionals! Like my neighbor is fond of saying: " There are people for that"...
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