Newly installed light fixture won’t turn off
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08-15-19, 08:58 AM
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Newly installed light fixture won’t turn off
Hello guys, appreciate your help.
I just put up a new light fixture on the ceiling. The light fixture comes with three wire: black, white and green/yellow.
The ceiling box has four wires: black, white, green and yellow. And only the yellow wire is a thin and single strand one. It looks like this
[img]blob:https://www.doityourself.com/a8bf6179-3ef0-480e-b9ee-2d04ef0d145a
So I connected black to black, white to white, and the green/yellow to green. The yellow wire in the ceiling box was left intact.
The light fixture turned on immediately after I put the power back on and the switch cannot turn it off!
What should I do now?
I just put up a new light fixture on the ceiling. The light fixture comes with three wire: black, white and green/yellow.
The ceiling box has four wires: black, white, green and yellow. And only the yellow wire is a thin and single strand one. It looks like this
[img]blob:https://www.doityourself.com/a8bf6179-3ef0-480e-b9ee-2d04ef0d145a
So I connected black to black, white to white, and the green/yellow to green. The yellow wire in the ceiling box was left intact.
The light fixture turned on immediately after I put the power back on and the switch cannot turn it off!
What should I do now?
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08-15-19, 12:36 PM
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Thank you all for replying 
I live in Toronto, Canada. I did some research and found out that in Canada the ground wire is supposed to be either green or green/yellow.
FYI, I wasn’t replacing the ceiling light fixture. There was no light fixture prior.
I live in Toronto, Canada. I did some research and found out that in Canada the ground wire is supposed to be either green or green/yellow.
FYI, I wasn’t replacing the ceiling light fixture. There was no light fixture prior.
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08-15-19, 12:56 PM
I live in Toronto, Canada. I did some research and found out that in Canada the ground wire is supposed to be either green or green/yellow.
#8
08-16-19, 05:08 AM
There is a lesson to be learned here, Don't connect a load to a cable unless you know how the cable is connected on the other end. You are fortunate you didn't destroy the fixture or hurt yourself. Out of curiosity, how did you know there was no power to the cable in the ceiling box and started touching the metal of the wires?
