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Posted by: from London
9/23/2018 at 10:18:23 PM

I am replacing a dining room light fixture. The fixture comes on when I turn the breaker on but the wall switch does not turn the fixture on or off. Help.

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Date/Time9/24/2018 at 1:43:44 AM

You have some stuff wired wrong. Call your local certified electrician.

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Date/Time9/24/2018 at 5:51:53 AM

It could be one of two things. If you wired the light fixture yourself you used the wrong wire. Or the switch is broken.

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Date/Time9/24/2018 at 6:32:25 AM

Hi,

You probably mixed the wires in the box and tied the light fixture to the line instead of switch leg.

Call professional from your area it is simple fix.

Cheers

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Date/Time9/24/2018 at 6:33:51 AM

You must have made an incorrect connection within the light fixture.

You have bypassed the switch

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Robert from ElecTriLight Ltd. in Oakville
Date/Time9/24/2018 at 7:15:01 AM

when you removed the old fixture, you should have identified what wires were being used for what purpose. It is a common mistake that homeowners do. Call in a local electrician so it gets wired and hung properly so no one gets electrocuted.

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Date/Time9/24/2018 at 9:41:27 PM

It sounds like the switch is bad or could be a splice issue in the switch device box.

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