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Why does the light fixture I installed no longer work? What happens if I connected the wrong wires.?
This is an old house and both wires in the ceiling box were black with some white paint added to them and the same colored wire nuts. So there was no telling which one was the neutral and which was the live wire.
After I installed it, it worked at first, but the next day it no longer works. My electric tester shows that electricity is still flowing to the lights. Other items on that circuit are fine. The lightbulbs are fine. But it doesn't light up.
Did I probably just connect the wrong wires, or could there be some other cause? Could I have harmed the light fixture by connecting the wires incorrectly?
I just tried reversing the way the wires are connected, but no luck.
Either way they are connected, my electric tester beeps indicating that power is flowing through the fixture's wire and to the bulbs. So if it was a loose wire, the power wouldn't be getting to it right?
Could be something wrong with the fixture itself (it is defective) or the wires are lose -- I'm assuming that you used wire nuts for the connection, so twist them on tight.
If it worked initially, then you didn't hook it up wrong. Unless the watage or amperage on the fixture is wrong for that circuit (look at the old one), it has to be a defective fixture.
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Twist the bare end of the wires around each other (corkscrewise in a clockwise direction) before you twist the plastic wire nuts on -- make sure that you have a good connection.
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