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Posted by Chris Lewis on November 19, 2007, 3:20 pm
> I have a single pole switch outlet combo device in my kitchen. The
> switch started to make a loud pop when the light was turned off, not
> on. I tried to replace the device and here is what happened. There
> are three wires in the box. I know the one hot and the other are
> neutral. No ground wire. I wired hot to hot, and the neutrals to the
> other two silver and then light brass screw. Powered on and the
> switch worked, no plug, unless switch was on. Reversed the two
> neutrals and now only outlet works, no switch. What did I do. There
> are two screws for the hot, one labeled common and the other unlabeled
> and they are both connected by a brass tab. Help. The previous combo
> was not grounded, two pronger, 10A. New is grounded 15A.
Is this receptacle supposed to have one switched and one unswitched
outlet? If so, there have to be two hots - one on all the time, the
other controlled by the switch. They're both connected to the
"hot" side of the outlet, but you have to break the tab.
--
Chris Lewis,
Age and Treachery will Triumph over Youth and Skill
It's not just anyone who gets a Starship Cruiser class named after them.
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