I took down a big light in my daughters room. One you would see in a kitchen. When I was taking it down I did not pay attention to where the red wire was attached to the previsous fixture.
On the new fixture (small, one bulb fixture) I put the black to black, white to white and the red wire is being a booger. I put the red with the white wires and the fixture would turn on, but if I turned the light switch off, the light would not turn back on and my breaker would go off.
If I put the red wire with the black wires the light would work but the light switch would not turn the light off.
If I don't put the red wire with anything, the light switch will not turn the light off.
Help!!!! Anyone know what I should do? Don't want to burn my house down.
Try the red wire to the black of the fixture, the white to white, and cap off the black. What you have would be typical of wiring for a ceiling fan with the fan controlled by the pull chain and the light by the switch.
I took down a big light in my daughters room. One you would see in a kitchen. When I was taking it down I did not pay attention to where the red wire was attached to the previsous fixture.
On the new fixture (small, one bulb fixture) I put the black to black, white to white and the red wire is being a booger. I put the red with the white wires and the fixture would turn on, but if I turned the light switch off, the light would not turn back on and my breaker would go off.
If I put the red wire with the black wires the light would work but the light switch would not turn the light off.
If I don't put the red wire with anything, the light switch will not turn the light off.
Help!!!! Anyone know what I should do? Don't want to burn my house down.
Reason why they did that is because they gave you the option to install a ceiling fan in the room.
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