Exterior Ceiling Lighting Conumdrum
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Exterior Ceiling Lighting Conumdrum
I have installed an exterior ceiling light over my porch... all the wires are connected correctly and I measure voltage at all the contact points.... However, none of my bulbs (CFL or Incandescent) seem to work. The CFL flickers as I am inserting it into the socket but when fully inserted, nothing.....
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CFL = Compact Fluorescent
Help???
CFL = Compact Fluorescent
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Hi Manax and welcome to the forum. I'm not a pro but I can get you started. How is your light wired, power going to the light and a switch leg to the switch or power to the switch and switched power to the light? Or do you have multiple switches such as a 3 or 4 way?
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Hi Manax and welcome to the forum. I'm not a pro but I can get you started. How is your light wired, power going to the light and a switch leg to the switch or power to the switch and switched power to the light? Or do you have multiple switches such as a 3 or 4 way?
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I have power going to a switch from the mains then onto the exterior light - one switch, one light... it is one of those programmable switches if that helps...
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Can you replace the programable switch with a regular switch to see if the fixture works properly?
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I could certainly try.... however, I am measuring power at the exterior light fixture when the switch is 'on'....
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I could certainly try.... however, I am measuring power at the exterior light fixture when the switch is 'on'....
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Okay... so I removed the programmable switch and hooked up the switch which was next to it which operates the hallway light... and voila, it worked... so i am guess I have a faulty programmable switch..