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Electrical help please
Posted on 1/14/23 at 3:06 pm
Posted on 1/14/23 at 3:06 pm
My wife bought an antique chandelier and I am trying to install it but I have an issue. I did some research prior to starting my project and I understand that if you wire it correctly the metal portion in the bottom of the socket should be energized and the side of the socket should not be energized. Issue is the sockets on this is not your typical socket. See picture below. When I wire it one way the little strip of metal in picture on the side of the socket has power. When I switch it my tester won’t go off at all but I put a light bulb in there and it works. Completely puzzled, please help.
ETA: the wires coming out of the chandelier are identical. No white and black
ETA: the wires coming out of the chandelier are identical. No white and black
This post was edited on 1/14/23 at 3:07 pm
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Posted on 1/14/23 at 3:39 pm to ItzMe1972
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AC doesn't matter.
So either way is ok?
Posted on 1/14/23 at 8:12 pm to thadcastle
You need to shave your thumb
Posted on 1/14/23 at 8:46 pm to thadcastle
So either way is ok?
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Yes
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Yes
Posted on 1/15/23 at 12:13 am to thadcastle
For safety reasons, the contact at the bottom of the socket should be connected to the hot wire. Not likely to happen, but if the switch was in the on position and you touched the threads on the bulb while unscrewing the bulb, you would get shocked.
This is the conventional way to wire a socket, even though the bulb will light either way it is wired. And since it is the conventional way, others would assume that it was wired conventionally if they were doing anything with it.
This is the conventional way to wire a socket, even though the bulb will light either way it is wired. And since it is the conventional way, others would assume that it was wired conventionally if they were doing anything with it.
Posted on 1/15/23 at 1:50 am to ItzMe1972
quote:
AC doesn't matter.
It'll matter with a LED bulb.
The metal strip on the side of the socket should be connected to the white/negitive wire. Bottom of socket should be connected to the hot/positive/black wire.
This post was edited on 1/15/23 at 1:52 am
Posted on 1/15/23 at 8:51 am to thadcastle
Is there a rib on the outside of on one side of the lamp cord? If there is, trace that back to the lamp socket to see where it landed.
Posted on 1/15/23 at 9:08 am to NATidefan
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It'll matter with a LED bulb.
Not to the driver circuit of that LED bulb. Lots of people go decades without knowing they have hot-neutral reversed wiring or outlets in their homes.
Posted on 1/15/23 at 12:27 pm to mingoswamp
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Is there a rib on the outside of on one side of the lamp cord? If there is, trace that back to the lamp socket to see where it landed.
+1. The ribbed one should be the hot and the smooth should be the neutral.
Posted on 1/16/23 at 3:19 pm to thadcastle
Do you have a voltmeter?
Set it to continuity and touch one lead to the bottom of the socket and the other to each wire individually. The wire that is common to the bottom of the socket should be connected to hot.
Set it to continuity and touch one lead to the bottom of the socket and the other to each wire individually. The wire that is common to the bottom of the socket should be connected to hot.
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