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OT Electricians----Replacing light fixture in bathroom ?
Posted on 12/8/14 at 6:48 am
Posted on 12/8/14 at 6:48 am
Replacing a flourscent light fixture to a 4 lightbulb fixture. Ballast in old one bad. 2 cables coming into box in wall. Cable 1=white,black, ground.....Cable 2= white,black,red,and ground. Capped Red, and hooked fixture Black to Black & White to White. Light is now on, but lightswitch on wall will not cut off...Any ideas and TIA !!
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Posted on 12/8/14 at 6:53 am to w1ldlfe
You hooked it up wrong
Posted on 12/8/14 at 7:00 am to aaronb023
Got more than one switch to control light in bathroom?
Posted on 12/8/14 at 7:01 am to Bamadiver
No diver, just one.
Posted on 12/8/14 at 7:06 am to w1ldlfe
What/how many wires in the switch box? You have a switch loop for some reason.
Edit:
If you have a red wire hooked directly to the wall switch, cap the ceiling black wire and connect the ceiling red wire to the fixture black.
Edit:
If you have a red wire hooked directly to the wall switch, cap the ceiling black wire and connect the ceiling red wire to the fixture black.
This post was edited on 12/8/14 at 7:09 am
Posted on 12/8/14 at 7:07 am to w1ldlfe
quote:
Light is now on, but lightswitch on wall will not cut off
Then the only possible scenarios are that:
1. you didn't connect the new light to the wires running from that light switch
B. the light switch is bad (allowing current to constantly travel through switch)
Posted on 12/8/14 at 7:14 am to Bamadiver
Thks diver, hadn't pulled switch, but if red wire on switch, you say cap the 2 blacks on wall, and hook red to black on fixture. Will try after work.
Posted on 12/8/14 at 7:21 am to w1ldlfe
Was the red wire used on the old fixture?
This post was edited on 12/8/14 at 7:22 am
Posted on 12/8/14 at 7:22 am to w1ldlfe
Posted on 12/8/14 at 7:24 am to w1ldlfe
Not sure but perhaps in the past there were two things that needed power independently in that location ie heater or extractor fan. Is there another switch that you have always thought controlled nothing or perhaps a blank faceplate?
If not then you have a series wired for another switch somewhere most likely. I would not leave anything just capped or taped, find where it is coming from and deal with it.
If not then you have a series wired for another switch somewhere most likely. I would not leave anything just capped or taped, find where it is coming from and deal with it.
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