I am writing out of desperation after spending four hours on this problem. Any help would be most appreciated. I have a 5 gang outlet box. The other day a bulb stopped operating. It is controlled by a single switch. Did the obvious installing a new bulb, then a new switch. Crawled up into the attic today and tested the leads coming into the OH socket while simply joining the two wires that would go into the switch. No power at socket. Three of the switches and their respective lights work fine. One never worked from day one. About three years ago I changed out all the switches and went with a Lutron system, with two of the switches being DIVA dimmers. I carefully followed the old wiring and everything has worked OK until the other day. There are no junction boxes in the attic between the "bad" socket and the switch. I don't think a photo would be appropriate, but I traced all wires and there are nine wires going into the box and five switches. Of course I made sure all wires were secure:
Of the wires, eight are 12/2 with ground and one is 12/3 with ground: Here's how they lay out
1)White to bundle with 7 other whites, black to a red on the DIVA Switch which has an unused red and a black that goes to the black bundle.
2)White to a "mini bundle with the white from #3. Black to bad switch.
3)White to a "mini bundle with the white from #2. Black unused. Red to bad switch.
4)White to bundle. Black to bundle.
5)White to bundle. Black to DIVA #2 black. Red from DIVA#2 to black bundle. One red on switch unused.
6)White to bundle. Black to bundle.
7)White to bundle. Black to the silver connector on switch and from the brass terminal, a black wire extends to the black bundle. This is the switch that has never done anything since the day my electrician wired it in 2000 (and yes, I've tested the outlets nearby, but it operates none of them).
8)White to bundle. Black to bundle.
9)White to bundle. Black (painted white) to brass terminal on switch. Other brass terminal has a black wire which leads to the black bundle. There are no silver terminals on this switch.
I understand this may not be a simple question, but would certainly appreciate any help here.
Of the wires, eight are 12/2 with ground and one is 12/3 with ground: Here's how they lay out
1)White to bundle with 7 other whites, black to a red on the DIVA Switch which has an unused red and a black that goes to the black bundle.
2)White to a "mini bundle with the white from #3. Black to bad switch.
3)White to a "mini bundle with the white from #2. Black unused. Red to bad switch.
4)White to bundle. Black to bundle.
5)White to bundle. Black to DIVA #2 black. Red from DIVA#2 to black bundle. One red on switch unused.
6)White to bundle. Black to bundle.
7)White to bundle. Black to the silver connector on switch and from the brass terminal, a black wire extends to the black bundle. This is the switch that has never done anything since the day my electrician wired it in 2000 (and yes, I've tested the outlets nearby, but it operates none of them).
8)White to bundle. Black to bundle.
9)White to bundle. Black (painted white) to brass terminal on switch. Other brass terminal has a black wire which leads to the black bundle. There are no silver terminals on this switch.
I understand this may not be a simple question, but would certainly appreciate any help here.
