Why, when wired with two wire hookups to one switch do both lights glow dim when both bulbs are in?

Question

I wired two lights from one switch - power into 1st light box, leg down to switch and spliced over to the second light. When I put both bulbs in, both lights glow dim with the switch off. When I flip the switch on the first light turns off and the second comes on bright. I wired with two wire and spliced in series just as though both lights were one.
Power is coming into the light box from an outlet, then legged down to th e switch. From there all wires seem to be correctly spliced???? How can the either light be getting power without the switch being on? Only when both bulbs are in the lights glow dim. If only one bulb is in , the light that holds the bulb works correctly. Whta's up?????!!!

Answer 1

The white wires (one from the source and one from each light) must all be connected together and none of them connected to the switch. The black wire from the source must be connected to one side of the switch. The black wires from the lights must both be connected to the side of the switch opposite the source feed.

This will result in the lights being in parallel, not in series, which is what you want.

Bert

Answer 2

Two Lights One Switch

Answer 3

With a simple "single pole" light switch, it's just a control for the hot line. Black/hot in, and black going out, hot or not depending on whether the switch is on or off. Off, the current stops right there. On, the current then proceeds to the light fixture. The switch itself can fail, so no current leaving it even in the "on" position. If not, failure at the fixture suggests the either the bulb has failed, or that a wire connection has failed. While in the switch box, make sure the whites are tied together, and then up top, that the fixture screws are tight and right.

Answer 4

Sounds like you are going to ground. On the light that gets power first, stop the hot side there. splice only 1 wire to go to switch from hot side. Wire from switch to first light new hot side. You will have three splices in first light box First splice ,hot to switch. Second splice, hot from switch with light fixture and second light box. Third splice 3 ground wires.
The ground coming into the box, the ground continuing to the next box, the ground to your light fixture.

Answer 5

sounds like one set of wires are crossed, if both are dim with switch off, you are getting feed back from one of the lights, recheck wireing, remove one wire at a time to find the problem,