Help!

mommadot

I am replacing a light in my hallway that is about driving me nuts. Normally you attach black to black, white to white, etc. but when you do this the light does not shut off. Installed new light switch thinging that was it but still the same! Any suggestions?

Jim Port

Did the old fixture work correctly? Did you connect to the same wires as the old fixture?

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mommadot

yes the old fixtures worked fine. i am updating them. i would have attached as previous one but new light has two black and two white, only wires attached in old one was the black wires. the white were shoved up in ceiling.

lew52

Sounds like they switched the neutral

mommadot

if that is the case (they switched the neutral) what do i do

Speedy Petey

Unless the house is VERY old I seriously doubt it.



mommadot, please post a picture of the ceiling box.

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lew52

What did u connect?

lew52

There is some missing info here. Is there a ceiling box that the wires were tucked into?

dmxtothemax

If the switch loop emanates from the light fixture then you have
used the wrong wires !

How many wires are there total !
And what color?

lew52

Ok. I need more info. First of all is there a ceiling box?
How many wires are in the box? How are they connected?
Did u check for power?