Trouble with install of light fixture

12-28-2008, 04:47 PM	#1
cmonsterjr Newbie   Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 2	Trouble with install of light fixture I am in the process of replacing a florescence fixture (which broke physically) with a regular 2 light bulb fixture. When I installed the new light, it doesn’t work. The circuit that it is on has 2 switches on it. When I measure across the black and white wires, I get roughly half the voltage when switched on, no voltage when off. Any ideas on where to start looking?

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12-28-2008, 04:58 PM	#2
InPhase277 My License Ain't 4 Sale..   Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Atlanta, Ga/Hamilton, Al Posts: 1,813	Trouble with install of light fixture Quote: Originally Posted by cmonsterjr I am in the process of replacing a florescence fixture (which broke physically) with a regular 2 light bulb fixture. When I installed the new light, it doesn’t work. The circuit that it is on has 2 switches on it. When I measure across the black and white wires, I get roughly half the voltage when switched on, no voltage when off. Any ideas on where to start looking? Describe the wires you have in the light box now and how they are connected. Did you wire the new light exactly like the old one?

12-28-2008, 05:02 PM	#3
cmonsterjr Newbie   Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 2	Trouble with install of light fixture I used the same set of wires as the old one. The black set has 3 wires jumped together using a wire nut (this is where the original black was) and the white is a single stand alone.

12-28-2008, 05:42 PM	#4
InPhase277 My License Ain't 4 Sale..   Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Atlanta, Ga/Hamilton, Al Posts: 1,813	Trouble with install of light fixture Quote: Originally Posted by cmonsterjr I used the same set of wires as the old one. The black set has 3 wires jumped together using a wire nut (this is where the original black was) and the white is a single stand alone. Ok. What are the other white wires doing? Is it possible for you to snap a pic and post it here?

12-28-2008, 06:57 PM	#5
dSilanskas Member     Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Cape Cod, Massachusetts Posts: 474	Trouble with install of light fixture Sounds like you lost your neutral somewhere.

12-28-2008, 08:06 PM	#6
joed Member     Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Welland, Ontario Posts: 6,037	Trouble with install of light fixture Sounds like you might be switching the neutral which is wrong. Are you sure the white wire wasn't with the other whites and the black connected to the single white wire?