re: Changing a light fixture without flipping breaker

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'd disconnect the hot from the switch, but that's just me.

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So you're gonna handle the hot wire on the switch to avoid handling the hot wire on the light fixture?

Just do what CP3 said

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Turn switch off, verify with multimeter and change fixture

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If someone ran the hot to the fixture and switched the neutral, the meter will tell you that. Disconnecting the hot at the switch does nothing that flipping the switch would not do except expose you to risk.