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Posted by on December 3, 2006, 5:42 pm
The old lamp had same cabling exept because it was a bigger lamp it had
a clear color cable extension going from one of the green wires down to
the clear cable and attached to the white cable. I think I seem to get
you on this one since you can't even figure out what could be wrong
lol....I think I might open the wall switch box to see if one of the
cables gotten lose while me pulling to wrap here and there....i dunno!
and i am considering asking an electrician at work. I didn't take a
picture of the old lamp wiring when I should have but I did take a
picture of the cables to take to work with me just in case someone can
help.
Jeff Wisnia wrote:
> mrodz2@gmail.com wrote:
> > I have a ceiling mount 3 light track that I'm trying to install. First,
> > the current wiring on the ceiling consists of black, white, and a green
> > wire that seems to be split into two and one end has a black tape
> > around the end. The house is a 1940 built and has been remodeled since
> > though I don't know if the whole wiring has also been re-wired. I took
> > off the existing lamp and noticed there was a lot wiring mixed. I also
> > noticed one of the green wires was wrapped with the black and then
> > there was an extension of the lamp wire wrapped to the ground wire
> > around a screw. Once I removed the lamp I proceeded to install the new
> > lamp following the directions from the book, fairly simple; attached
> > the white wires with the whites and the black with the blacks, then the
> > ground wire from the fixture to be wrapped in the metal plate mount
> > screw. I noticed I had the green wire left out and had no idea what to
> > do with it so I wrapped it with black tape for now. When I turned the
> > switch from the braker on, I noticed the lamp had power but the light
> > switch was turned off so I'm not understanding why...I decided to
> > switch cables around with the green; I wrapped one end of the green
> > cable to the white and another one to the black but the results were
> > the same, the lamp comes on but the switch from the wall is still off.
> > I then wrapped the green wires to the black cable only, same results
> > then I switched and wrapped the green with the whites, no luck. I am
> > confused now! what is going on? the old lamp worked just fine and the
> > new one does not work correctly. The wall switch is not faulty as the
> > existing lamp used to work no problems. It seems as if the green wires
> > one of them must be a hot one, but then if that is the case, which
> > cable should I wrapped it around with, i've tried it all ways I can
> > think of...help help help!!!
> >
>
>
> You did make a sketch or snap a photo of the way the wiring was conected
> to the lfixture you removed didn't you?
>
> Just hook up the new lamp the same way.
>
> If you didn't record the original wiring, then puhleeze hire a pro to
> figure it out before you burn down your house or electrocute yourself.
>
> "It was working before, but now it doesn't." We seem to be getting a
> spate of the same kind of posts these days from folks who know squat
> about electric wiring.
>
> "Fools rush in where angels dare to tread."
>
> Jeff
>
> --
> Jeffry Wisnia
> (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
> The speed of light is 1.98*10^14 fathoms per fortnight.
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