Stop in for a cup of coffee
Umm, maybe start by cleaning the **** off?
That’s how this whole mess started. Keep in mind, this is an old livestock barn now turned into my shop. But yes, I started trying to clean stuff up when half the fixtures wouldn’t work.
Are you running new wire?
New everything. New boxes, new sealed pole barn fixtures, new LED bulbs, new wire, new switch , new switch box, new circuit breakers in a new breaker box(a pro installed the breaker box after the lightning strike last fall but that’s as much as insurance would pay for). Even putting in all new GFI outlets and boxes.
I know right?!? Never done it before.
That said, I am having an army buddy of mine who’s a trained electrician come out to check my work when finished to be safe. He just didn’t have the time to do it for me, his factory is running 16hr/7days work weeks due to staffing shortages.