bathroom fixture wiring issue
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09-30-19, 05:11 PM
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bathroom fixture wiring issue
Pulled old light fixture in bathroom of a 1962 house and forgot to note the wires. The box has 3 white and 3 black wires. 2 of the blacks and 1 white are all capped together, leaving 1 black and 2 white uncapped. Guess it is a 'switch loop' to single wall switch?
Unsure how to attach the white and black from the fixture?
Unsure how to attach the white and black from the fixture?
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Light is just standatd 2 bulb vanity light with a pair of white and pair of black . If I connect black to black fixture and white fixture to only 1 white, it works.Howevrr, the outlet in next room does not work.
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10-06-19, 10:58 AM
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new photos...thanks!
OK...The wall switch has white and black...both hot.
The bundled 2 black and 1 white....all hot
One single white---hot
One single white....neutral
one single black....to wall switch
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I can connect white from fixture to white neutral and black from fixture to single black and it works. (single hot white capped). The problem is the range hood in the next room does not turn on
The bundled 2 black and 1 white....all hot
One single white---hot
One single white....neutral
one single black....to wall switch
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I can connect white from fixture to white neutral and black from fixture to single black and it works. (single hot white capped). The problem is the range hood in the next room does not turn on
Last edited by PJmax; 10-06-19 at 12:31 PM. Reason: resized pictures/labeled 2nd one
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10-06-19, 12:13 PM
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Any other ideas for single white hot? Added to soldered bundle and hood in next room still dead
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10-06-19, 12:21 PM
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In your last picture..... the white wire labeled as hot is hot because it needs to be connected to neutral...... not the black splice.
Connect that "hot white" wire to the neutral wire. The light's white wire will connect to the same place.
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Your description doesn't match the switchbox. I only see one white wire and one black wire there and both on the switch. That would be a switch loop.
Connect that "hot white" wire to the neutral wire. The light's white wire will connect to the same place.
On edit:
Your description doesn't match the switchbox. I only see one white wire and one black wire there and both on the switch. That would be a switch loop.
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10-06-19, 04:10 PM
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Look at the picture. You have a splice that says "all hot". That should be two black wires and the white wire to the switch. It looks like the white wire is taped off.
The fixture white connects to the two white wires. That make three in a splice.
The fixture black connects to the black that says switch.
Look at the picture. You have a splice that says "all hot". That should be two black wires and the white wire to the switch. It looks like the white wire is taped off.
The fixture white connects to the two white wires. That make three in a splice.
The fixture black connects to the black that says switch.
