2007-09-11 08:28:25 · 17 answers · asked by jockmitch 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
Joe handyman DIY wired your house instead of a real electrician. Call an electrician to trace it out and fix it.
2007-09-11 09:08:14 · answer #1 · answered by John himself 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Did it used to work? How old is the house? If it worked before, then it could not possibly be wired wrong, unless you or someone else changed something, if turning on one light causes others to turn off, and this was not the case before, I would guess that you have a loose neutral somewhere. These are hard to pin-point on a lighting circuit because they are notorious for jumping around the house. Turn off the breaker that makes the porch light go off, and go around the house taking note of all lights and outlets that are off. The problem can and probably will be in any one of these boxes. If you just changed a light in one room, and didn't get all the white wires tightly connected this would give these type of problems.
2007-09-15 06:52:33 · answer #2 · answered by tb417 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your front porch lightswitch is wired (incorrectly).
Instead of the permanent live to feed the far side of the house being connected to the 'live' side of the lightswitch, it's connected to the 'switched' side of the switch.
It's a simple job to change, but I'd recommend getting a professional in.
2007-09-11 08:41:54 · answer #3 · answered by Girlie Electrics 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-13 06:23:44 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a crossed wire somewhere, you need to get an electrician in to look at it. I had the same problem when i had a bathroom built, when i turned the bathroom light on the stairs light went off, the electrician said it was a crossed wire and sorted it.
2007-09-11 08:32:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Your house was probably rewired by a fully qualified Armenian Plumber!!
(Thought I'd give the poor Polish Plumbers a rest on this one. They have been taking a bit of a bashing lately, haven't they?)
2007-09-12 12:18:49 · answer #6 · answered by jacyinbg 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There a fault with the switching circuit.
poss a lose wire if its a two way switched circuit or incorrectly wired up.
if your capable you can draw a circuit diagram of the current switching connections and work out the fault.
though you should have part 'p' qualifications to change it, unless you did the repair before jan 2001.
2007-09-11 09:08:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes, but I'd need more information about what is connected.
It's obvious it's wrongly connected, but you would need an electrician on the spot to sort it out.
2007-09-12 07:46:44 · answer #8 · answered by nigel t 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It appears it may have been wired up to do this and save electric, porch light on, side light off, sounds good to me.
2007-09-11 08:37:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
Hire an electrician to check out the problem. Bad wiring scares me !!!!
2007-09-11 08:32:48 · answer #10 · answered by Shortstuff13 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋