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Posted by Aaron Fude on May 10, 2008, 10:49 pm
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> >>>> I'm sure you guys will crack it instantly.
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> >>>> I'm replacing a light and the switch that controlled it. I removed th=
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> >>>> switch first. The switch connected a black and a white wire that came=
> >>>> in the same sheath. The white one was hot. (I know that sometimes thi=
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> >>>> means something, but what?)
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> >>>> Then when I removed the light I discovered that it, too, had a black
> >>>> and a white wire connected to it, and the black one is hot. Now that
> >>>> the light is disconnected, the black whire is still hot, but the wire=
> >>>> that used to be connected to the switch is now dead.
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> >>>> There are no other wires in either electrical box.
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> >>>> I'm racking by brain, but can't figure out how everything was
> >>>> connected.
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> >>>> Many thanks in advance!
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> >>>> Aaron
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> >>> I'm thinking that there is another junction box somewhere where these
> >>> wires could be connected. =A0Is there another light fixture in the sam=
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> >>> room? =A0Is there an accessible attic above so you can go see if there=
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> >>> junction box up there? =A0Did an electrical box get buried during a
> >>> remodel?
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> >>I agree, the op either missed the second cable and splice in one of the
> >>junction boxes or there is obviously a third box, and they mistakenly
> >>broke
> >>the neutral through the switch>
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> > Sounds like to me he is just trying to get a voltage reading across
> > the switch.
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> > If he took a switch out he would only have 2 wires to put back. =A0You
> > can't really mess it up.
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> > When he took the light down, there is only 2 wires to put back too.
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> > Seems like he is mistaken of the meter readings.
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> back. As you said, he really can't go wrong. I belive he's thinking that
> with the switch wires disconnected, he shouldn't still have a hot wire at
> the light, which is correct, except for when the neutral was switched
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Hi,
To clarify matters - yes, I'm just trying to figure out how it works,
not how to put it back together. And I still don't get it.
There are *only* to wires in each electrical box. I'm sure I did not
miss anything, because I have now removed the electrical boxes. Each
of the two wires came from a single romex.
So Cliff's suggestion was mostly likely, but that is not it. So I am
still puzzled.
One thing I am thinking is that I've been using a cheapo pen-like
voltage detector. Maybe my readings are wrong. I will go back and use
something a little bit more refined.
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