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  • Matt 26z
    So Fucking Banned
    • Apr 2002
    • 18481
    #1

    Any GFY doctors also electricians?

    Replacing a light.

    Ceiling hole:
    2 black
    2 white

    Light:
    1 black
    1 white

    Light instructions:
    black to black. white to white.

    Result:
    Stays on regardless of switch position.

    When I put the light's white onto the other ceiling black, it works fine. Should I go with that?

    The old light had two copper colored wires, each going to a different black. The whites were capped off together.
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    • AsianDivaGirlsWebDude
      Purveyor, Fine Asian Porn
      • Jul 2004
      • 38323
      #2


      It's not rocket surgery...

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        • baddog
          So Fucking Banned
          • Apr 2001
          • 107089
          #3
          man, it is kind of one of those things you really need ohm meter for, however, did you try capping the two white, then using the black/white (light) with the black/black (ceiling)?

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            • Matt 26z
              So Fucking Banned
              • Apr 2002
              • 18481
              #4
              Originally posted by baddog
              did you try capping the two white, then using the black/white (light) with the black/black (ceiling)?
              black light to black ceiling

              white light to black ceiling

              That does work, but I don't know if it's safe. I assume it is, but I'm just making sure.

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                • zEn84
                  Confirmed User
                  • May 2004
                  • 484
                  #5
                  2 black as in 2 different lines? or one line cut in 2? Same as the white.. If its 2 open ends..for both black and white. Connect the 3 blacks together,, and 3 white together.. don't cross them.

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                    • bl4h
                      Confirmed User
                      • Jul 2006
                      • 1282
                      #6
                      you said there two of each, you tried

                      black1 ceiling to black light
                      white1 ceiling to white light

                      didnt work

                      did you then try

                      black2 ceiling to black light
                      white2 ceiling to white light

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                        • BusterBunny
                          perverted justice decoy
                          • Aug 2005
                          • 19291
                          #7
                          just buy a new house and let the next people deal with it...
                          my sig caught gonoherpasyphilaids and died

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                            • rowan
                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                              • Mar 2002
                              • 17393
                              #8
                              In Australia you need a licensed electrical contractor to do stuff like that. Probably for good reason, too.....

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                                • Matt 26z
                                  So Fucking Banned
                                  • Apr 2002
                                  • 18481
                                  #9
                                  Forget about what I said about hooking the white and black up to both ceiling blacks. I thought I had that working before, but I guess not.



                                  Now I just tried every combination possible. The only one that "works" is black light to right ceiling black and white light to right ceiling white. However, it stays on all the time even if the switch is OFF.

                                  There has to be something wrong between this and the switch. There is only one switch, yet four of those wires. Why?

                                  In the same box as the switch there is a socket. On that there appears to be an extra line connected to the bottom two screws. Two wires on each screw (plus one wire in each of the top screws). I know that's not right.

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                                    • baddog
                                      So Fucking Banned
                                      • Apr 2001
                                      • 107089
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by Matt 26z
                                      black light to black ceiling

                                      white light to black ceiling

                                      That does work, but I don't know if it's safe. I assume it is, but I'm just making sure.
                                      That is what it should be then, Congrats.

                                      Where should I send my bill?

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                                        • baddog
                                          So Fucking Banned
                                          • Apr 2001
                                          • 107089
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by Matt 26z
                                          Forget about what I said about hooking the white and black up to both ceiling blacks. I thought I had that working before, but I guess not.



                                          Now I just tried every combination possible. The only one that "works" is black light to right ceiling black and white light to right ceiling white. However, it stays on all the time even if the switch is OFF.

                                          There has to be something wrong between this and the switch. There is only one switch, yet four of those wires. Why?

                                          In the same box as the switch there is a socket. On that there appears to be an extra line connected to the bottom two screws. Two wires on each screw (plus one wire in each of the top screws). I know that's not right.
                                          you need an ohm meter

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                                            • stickyfingerz
                                              Doin fine
                                              • Oct 2005
                                              • 24984
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by rowan
                                              In Australia you need a licensed electrical contractor to do stuff like that. Probably for good reason, too.....
                                              Your changing a ceiling light? I dont think so.... lol. Its a pretty simple thing.

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                                                • eddie-executive
                                                  Confirmed User
                                                  • Apr 2003
                                                  • 2061
                                                  #13
                                                  Just get a $10 volatage tester (tic tester) u just touch the wire with it and it will beep or light up if theres voltage you don't need and ohm meter.

                                                  Turn on the switch and touch every wire. Once u find the live wire turn the switch off and test that wire again.

                                                  The setup should be all blacks together and all whites together. In the cieling 1 black wire should be hot and the other black wire should be dead feeding another light. Generally all whites are neutral wires and should be tighed together.

                                                  Thats what i think from just looking at the pic I've been doing electric work for years.
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