Phillip Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 I did an older home the other day that the happy home owner had done a lot of work on. I run a cross an set up I cannot figure out how that got this to work. In the master bathroom there is a light above the shower and one above the sink. When I turn the light switch which is a single pole switch with off and on, on it; none of the lights came on. The sink light has a pull switch on it which turned on the light when I pulled it. When I was finished in the bathroom I turn the light switch on the wall off. The light over the sink when out, but the shower light came on. When I turn the light switch on the shower light when out and the sink light came on. I tried it a few times more and it did the same thing each time. When I turned the sink light off at the pull switch then turned off the wall switch the shower light did not come on. I told my clients about it and with all of the other electrical problems; I told them that they needed a good electrician to redo all of the electrical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carson2006 Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 It seems like the owner may have wired a new light in series with a switch loop type method. Switch loop is when the main power is brought to the fixture first and the "hot" conductor is looped down to a switch. When you do this method, a "neutral" colored conductor (usually white) is used as a hot and is supposed to be re-identified by using colored tape or any other means, but is usually not. A switch loop method is an acceptable NEC practice, but sometimes folks don't understand that a white colored conductor is being used as a hot and may accidently wire something wrong. Most times mis-wiring will cause a short, but it seems in this case they may have wired the additional light in series, which would cause a voltage drop for the other fixture, but may not be noticable. An electrican can easily fix if that is the problem. Hope this helps ya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 Call Ghost Hunters - it sounds like it's a poltergeist messin' wit' yer head. [:-ghost] ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillip Posted March 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 I don't know about ghost hunters but there will be a electrician doing some hunting or I should say replacing. Click to Enlarge 69.94 KB Click to Enlarge 42.21 KB Click to Enlarge 46.92 KB Click to Enlarge 93.57 KB Click to Enlarge 56.62 KB Click to Enlarge 47.45 KB Click to Enlarge 42.69 KB Click to Enlarge 50.14 KB Click to Enlarge 47.32 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy_Bob Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 That is sad on the series of pictures. Someone did some nice electrical work, then someone else came along and wrecked it! But as I say, there are those who fix things and others who destroy things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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