Hey gang-
Thought I'd seen it all in "this old house" but I'm stumped on this one.
I'm in the process of replacing an old (1950s) ceiling fan and light assembly. Here's the problem. The ceiling box is "hot" with 60 volts even with the wall switch off. Wall switch on- all normal at 120 volts.
What's even more strange is that we never noticed this, at least with regard to the operation of the old fan and light. One would think that at the least the light would have continued to glow dimly even at 60 volts. Maybe the fan would even turn slowly.
It was only when using my digital multi-meter and trying to find the correct circuit breaker that I discovered this. With the circuit breaker off, it goes (not surprisingly) to zero voltage.
Ideas anyone?
Thanks!
Kupe
Thought I'd seen it all in "this old house" but I'm stumped on this one.
I'm in the process of replacing an old (1950s) ceiling fan and light assembly. Here's the problem. The ceiling box is "hot" with 60 volts even with the wall switch off. Wall switch on- all normal at 120 volts.
What's even more strange is that we never noticed this, at least with regard to the operation of the old fan and light. One would think that at the least the light would have continued to glow dimly even at 60 volts. Maybe the fan would even turn slowly.
It was only when using my digital multi-meter and trying to find the correct circuit breaker that I discovered this. With the circuit breaker off, it goes (not surprisingly) to zero voltage.
Ideas anyone?
Thanks!
Kupe