I'd been having trouble with a light fixture in my kitchen. It "shorted out" and caused the circuit it was on to fail. The circuit breaker would not trip, but nothing on the circuit would work. I replaced the socket on the fixture, and it seemed to work OK for a while, but the other day the light went out and again the circuit failed without tripping the breaker. I decided to replace the entire light fixture, and I'm pretty sure I hooked it up correctly (black to black, white to white, and since the new fixture didn't have a ground wire I hooked the ground wire from the box in the ceiling to the green screw on the strap.) The circuit still does not work. One thing: I turned on the light switch and the light comes on, but very dimly. Am I missing something? If so, what? I've been trying to fix this since Saturday and I'm losing my mind. SOMEONE HELP! PLEASE!!
2007-02-26 08:17:41 · 4 answers · asked by Uncle Mark 527 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
you have a loose neutral. you will have to check it all the way to the power panel. check the neutral connection at the bus bar in the panel first. how do you find the neutral?? find the black wire hooked to the breaker. trace it until it enters the panel. follow the white wire back to the bus bar. turn off breaker, take white wire off. put some fresh copper under the screw.
next thing, and probably most likely cause...some moron stabbed wires into the back of a receptacle. the recept. now becomes the "wirenut" or connection point for the circuit continuity. this is forbidden by the National Electric Code, because of exactly what you stated above. check connections @ devices and panel..
P.S. be very careful while checking these
2007-02-27 00:06:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to turn of the breaker, identify every fitting (junction boxes, plugs, light fixtures, etc.) on that branch circuit, and open them one at a time and check for loose connections. My guess is one is loose somewhere, since the breaker 'should" have trippd on a short circuit condition.
2007-02-26 08:45:10 · answer #2 · answered by Hank 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have fairly old, possibly 15 amp wiring form is possibly 60 + years old. The maximum secure way is to have an electrician rewire the ceiling field, positioned a clean one in and examine each and all of the the remainder of the wiring. The field is possibly no longer anchored nicely adequate to hold a fan besides. you in basic terms have a 50% hazard of wiring it properly and it would not be grounded. that's no longer a close-by an green individual could desire to debris with.
2016-10-02 01:03:24 · answer #3 · answered by mechem 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Hank, sounds like you have a loose neutral somewhere in that circuit.
2007-02-26 11:05:34 · answer #4 · answered by Ray D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋