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Posted by RBM on March 25, 2007, 7:52 pm
I don't know how to translate this statement:
"in the light box I have a white
and green wire coming up into the switch and a red, black, and white
coming in from the top. the two white wires are tied together" Is this in
the U.S.?
>I used to have a fan/light that would blow a fuse evertime i messed
> with replacing bulbs or adjusting the light. So the switch was
> disconnect and the fan/light has not been used for over a year. I
> decided to replace the fan with a florecent light. so I took down the
> old light connected the white to white black to black and green to
> green. But when i went to reconnect the switch I am connfused as to
> which wires need to be reconnected. in the light box I have a white
> and green wire coming up into the switch and a red, black, and white
> coming in from the top. the two white wires are tied together. so that
> leaves me with a red black and green wire to connect to the switch. I
> measured the voltage accros the wires and black/red is 1.2v, black/
> green is 70v, and green/red is 120v. I thought it should have been
> the green on one end of the switch and red on the other so there would
> be 120 accross the switch but this blew the fuse again. does this mean
> there is something wrong with the wiring some were else or maybe the
> switch or new light are broken, or did i just not connect everything
> correctly. Can somebody explain how this should normally look and any
> way I can trace out the proper wiring. Also this light is in the
> garage that was converted to a room. thanks for all the help in
> advance and if you need any more info please let me know.
>
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