superdave
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- NW Tennessee
I have a switch and light in each of 2 rooms. In the living room there was a ceiling fan and light and I took it down months ago to put it in another house. There are 2 black 2 white and 1 bare wire in the ceiling. At the wall switch there is one black, one white, one bare.
Previously the light worked off the switch and the fan worked off the pull chain (had power all the time, switch did not turn it on/off). When I removed the fan I thought I put the wire nuts back on the wires like they were. It had 2 black twisted together and the white wires going to the fan motor and one to the light. Wiring the new fan and light the same way gets me power to the fan only, no power at all to the switch or the light. I tried following the instructions with the fan which said connect the light and the motor to each of the black wires and the white to the neutral of the fan. Well, that gave me a setup that I had to use the pull chains for both. Didn't seem to matter which black went to light and which went to motor. Neither way gets me power to the switch.
Now it gets weirder. Similar setup in the bedroom right next to the living room. I took the fan down and relocated it. In the ceiling there are 2 white and 1 black wires. Wall switch has one black, one white. No power to the switch regardless of how the fan and light are wired. This one previously we had to use the pull chains to work the light and fan and the switch would shut the whole thing off.
SO.....somehow the living room ceiling light and the switch are related to the bedroom switch, but I have no idea how. I have a pretty sweet electrical meter, but I don't have a clue what I need to be testing for or looking for.
I have no tripped breakers either and far as I can tell the rest of the house works fine, outlets, lights, etc.
Help!!!
Previously the light worked off the switch and the fan worked off the pull chain (had power all the time, switch did not turn it on/off). When I removed the fan I thought I put the wire nuts back on the wires like they were. It had 2 black twisted together and the white wires going to the fan motor and one to the light. Wiring the new fan and light the same way gets me power to the fan only, no power at all to the switch or the light. I tried following the instructions with the fan which said connect the light and the motor to each of the black wires and the white to the neutral of the fan. Well, that gave me a setup that I had to use the pull chains for both. Didn't seem to matter which black went to light and which went to motor. Neither way gets me power to the switch.
Now it gets weirder. Similar setup in the bedroom right next to the living room. I took the fan down and relocated it. In the ceiling there are 2 white and 1 black wires. Wall switch has one black, one white. No power to the switch regardless of how the fan and light are wired. This one previously we had to use the pull chains to work the light and fan and the switch would shut the whole thing off.
SO.....somehow the living room ceiling light and the switch are related to the bedroom switch, but I have no idea how. I have a pretty sweet electrical meter, but I don't have a clue what I need to be testing for or looking for.
I have no tripped breakers either and far as I can tell the rest of the house works fine, outlets, lights, etc.
Help!!!