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HELP please: Replacing Lampholder fixture PawsForThought 01-02-2007
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Posted by PawsForThought on January 3, 2007, 1:28 pm



avid_hiker wrote:
> This is definetly WRONG!! The white to the group of whites.....and the
> black to the blacks......the red to the group of blacks.

I could swear that the red wire was twisted in with the black and white
wires from the electrical outlet box. I wish I'd paid better attention
when removing the old light fixture.

> > Argh! I think you're right and I'll have to call an electrician. I
> > know it's probably something simple I'm missing.
> >
>
> This is probably your safest bet.....dont want to read about you in the
> morning paper.

Thanks, lol, me either. I called up a couple of electrcians, one
wanted $75 and another $90. So I decided to call an electrician we've
used in the past. Unfortunately, he doesn't live that close but one of
his workers will hopefully be in our area this week so can come by to
fix it ($45). I wouldn't normally care that much about an outlet not
working but this is the one that the clothes washer and dryer are
plugged into and there's not another outlet nearby. It's just
frustrating because I'm sure the fix is something very simple.

Anyways, thanks everyone for your help. I really do appreciate it.


Posted by avid_hiker on January 3, 2007, 1:56 pm


>>but this is the one that the clothes washer and dryer are
>>plugged into


This makes a difference also. I wish you the best. Im sure this
electrician will figure it out. Take care.

Dean


Posted by on January 2, 2007, 5:07 pm



PawsForThought wrote:
> I know the black and white wires from the electrical outlet unit were
> definitely twisted together. But somehow the red wire was maybe in the
> mix?
>

Is there a switch in the circuit somewhere?
A black and white together tell me that's a switched line.

-Felder


Posted by PawsForThought on January 3, 2007, 1:23 pm



felderbush001@yahoo.com wrote:
> PawsForThought wrote:
> > I know the black and white wires from the electrical outlet unit were
> > definitely twisted together. But somehow the red wire was maybe in the
> > mix?
> >
>
> Is there a switch in the circuit somewhere?
> A black and white together tell me that's a switched line.
>
> -Felder

Hi Felder, thanks for the reply. No, there is no switch.


Posted by Terry on January 3, 2007, 4:41 pm


> I am replacing a pull chain lampholder fixture in my basement that's in
> the ceiling. Next to that fixture is an electrical outlet (w/4
> electrical plugs). Coming from the electrical outlet is a white and
> black wire that comes into the same junction box as the ceiling
> fixutre. So I removed the old fixture. I now have hooked up the new
> fixture - white wires to silver screw, and red wire to brass screw.
> Put a light bulb in and now the new fixture works. However, the
> electrical outlets do not. I have the black and white wires from the
> electrical outlet twisted together and then put one of those plastic
> cap things on it. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but I can't get
> the electrical outlet to work. If anyone has any advice, it would be
> very much appreciated. Many thanks.

If your basement is unfinished and you can tell where the cables go,
listing how many wires are in each cable and where they go would go a
long way to get help from afar.


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