Hello, i am having a mysterious problem with a chandelier that I recently acquired. It is an Italian design from the 1960's and has eight light bulbs and three wires. None of these wires are structural since the lamp hangs from a robust hook which is screwed onto the lamp shaft. The Mystery; I tried just two of the wires and all 8 bulbs light up but extremely dim. Then I switched one wire with the unused one and only 4 bulbs light up with the correct brightness. Then I combined those two together so that all three are wired and only the 4 bulbs lit up again at the correct brightness. Then I switched one of those two with the other wire that I hadn't changed yet and the other 4 bulbs light up at correct brightness. Then I removed one of the two wires that were together and all 8 light up but again very dim, less than half the power. What is going on? Is there a resistor in there that is reducing the voltage or have i just not wired it correctly? Mathematically there is still one more combination to try, and obviously there is always the option of opening it up and measuring etc., but I wanted two ask if anyone has had any experience with such a circuit. My only conclusion is that it is wired purposely to operate this way, and that a special wall switch was necessary since there is no switch on the lamp itself. Any ideas? Thanks Lucas

Hi, I have a new Thermador downdraft with a 5 wire wiring harness. The wires are for high, medium, low, neutral, and ground. (I believe!) The external fan has only three wires hot, neutral, and ground. What do I need in between these two sets of wires to have my Thermador downdraft control my external fan? Thanks for any insight!