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Posted by Jeff Wisnia on July 15, 2006, 10:33 pm
bizee wrote:
> Don't know about if it will work with both switches on, will check
> tomorrow.
>
> Yes, I meant wire nuts.
>
> I cannot easily get to the bedroom light fixture, if not, then I'll
> just not have a closet light for now. Knowing the guy that did this,
> I cannot imagine he didn't run a line to the ceiling fixture when the
> drywall was off.
Well, if he did run power into the closet fixture box, expecting to just
put a switch across that new pair of wires in the switch box, you can
test for that pretty easily without having to buy a meter. Do this:
Put a 15 or 25 watt bulb in the closet fixture, flip the circuit breaker
off and connect* a 100 watt bulb across those two new wires your
installer left you, then flip the breaker on. If the low wattage closet
bulb lights, you're in Fat City and all you'll have to do is connect the
new switch across that pair of wires in the new switchbox.
If that test doesn't light the closet lamp (even dimly), then you're in
for some more complex work.
* If you don't happen to have a bulb socket handy to do that with, you
could connect a common plug receptical across those wires, put a 100
watt bulb in a table lamp and plug the lamp into the receptical, making
sure the lamp's switch is ON.
HTH,
Jeff
(we did not replace ceiling drywall, the attic is
> full of blown insulation).
>
> Thanks all for the replies!!
>
--
Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
"What do you expect from a pig but a grunt?"
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