we had to fix an plug outlet and turned the breaker off then when we turned it back on the light wouldnt go on we replaced the whole light and the switch and it still wont go on we got a pen to check to see if the wires are live and they all have electricity up to the light bulb so there is electricity in the wires but the light still wont go on we have replaced the whole light including the bulbs so it is a new light new bulbs and electicity but no light... any suggestion?
2007-02-12 06:32:26 · 6 answers · asked by firefighter2429 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
Yep check your par rating for the fixture versus the bulb.Not such a uncommon problem.
2007-02-12 13:30:36 · answer #1 · answered by Rio 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a puzzle that you have to go through one step at a time.
1- The breaker that you turned off to do the work may be blowing because the work you did is causing it to trip. (Usually you would know because it does make a "Pop". It goes to a half way position which will not switch back on unless you turn it all the way off to reset it then turn it on.
2- If you have power back to the receptacle you replaced and to the switch (wall), then you need to check the color of the wires.
3- I will try to explain this as simply as possible.
a- the main incoming wires should be white and black and a bare copper ground wire.
b- the black wire is the one that carries the power (line side).
c- the white wire is the neutral (goes back to the neutral bar in the panel).
d- the ground wire usually bare, sometimes green plastic coated goes back to the ground buss in the panel. Most of the time the neutral and the ground are connected together in the main panel.
4- If you replaced a plug (receptacle mounted in a box on the wall), the 2 black wires go to the brass colored screws on one side of the receptacle ( the narrow blade).
5- The 2 white wires go to the white (silver colored) screws [wide blade] of the receptacle.
6- The ground wire goes to the green screw and the metal box as well.
7- If the wires then go to a switch, the black goes in one side and the black goes out the other side to the light.
8- The 2 white wires get connected together and the ground wires connect to each other and to the box.
9- The black wire from the switch goes to the black wire on the light. (It should end up on the center on the bulb socket)
10- The grounds all go together and to the fixture box and fixture.
11- The white goes to the white.
If after the breaker is turned on and the switch is turned on the light should work unless the is a fixture defect.
Good Luck and I hope this helps ! ! !
2007-02-13 09:54:45 · answer #2 · answered by norman8012003 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the socket might be worn out, you might want to put on a pair of leather or rubber gloves and give the bulb a little more twist, the gloves will protect you and offer a little more grip for twisting, also make sure that the wall outlet isnt "switched" which means it turns on by a switch on the wall. good luck.
2007-02-12 07:02:06 · answer #3 · answered by Tim G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There should be two wires attached to the light fixture, one white and one black or red. There should be two wires attached to the switch terminals, both either red or black, but one of them has to be the same color as the black or red wire caonnected to the fixture.
Hope that made sense.
2007-02-12 06:58:50 · answer #4 · answered by Hank 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You must not have it wired corretly
2007-02-12 06:40:55 · answer #5 · answered by aussie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get night vision goggles. (Sorry, couldn't resist.)
2007-02-12 07:30:39 · answer #6 · answered by johN p. aka-Hey you. 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋