Re: Neutral to ground tripping ground fault
Your question is not clear.
Originally posted by bruce1x: why with wall switch off and power removed . . .
Are you saying that turning off the wall switch is the only thing you did to "remove power"? Or did you figure out what breaker serves the light, and did you turn off that breaker? If you did not turn off the breaker, then you are doing something unsafe.
Originally posted by bruce1x:. . . light outlet with light removed. . .
Do you mean the light fixture has been disconnected electrically and mechanically, and is now sitting on the floor?
Originally posted by bruce1x: you touch the ground wire to the neutral and this trips the gf.
It trips what? Is there a GFCI device protecting the circuit that powers this light fixture? How can it trip, if you turned off the breaker?
Originally posted by bruce1x:. . . neutral and ground split in house power box
I don't understand what you mean by this.