"Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2" (pompei426)
06/23/2014 at 18:35 • Filed to: None
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"Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2" (pompei426)
06/23/2014 at 18:35 • Filed to: None | 0
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So I'm doing some wiring in my garage, nothing real complicated. I took off a switch for an overhead light and put in a switch/outlet combo because I needed one. I wired it correctly. It is wired just like this, just with the ground attached as well.
Anyway, wired it all up and the light switch works, but the outlet doesn't. Besides that, the other outlets and lights in the garage are now out. What the hell happened?
Thanks very much. I really hope I'm not fucked.
crowmolly
> Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
06/23/2014 at 18:37 |
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Was that wire actually red or was that just a color you chose?
Also, mind your amperage on the wires if you add an outlet and use big stuff in it.
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Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
> crowmolly
06/23/2014 at 18:41 |
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The red was actually a red wire from the light. There were two cables in the back of the box. One had W/B/R/Ground the other had W/B/Ground.
Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
> Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
06/23/2014 at 18:48 |
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Breaker, breaker.
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Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
> Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
06/23/2014 at 18:51 |
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I've flipped the garage breaker and the main, nothing. I don't know a whole lot. What do I need to actually do.
desertdog5051
> Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
06/23/2014 at 19:19 |
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Assuming that your red wire is hot and your turquoise wire is ground, you need to jump your red hot wire to the bottom side of the switch to the outlet as many are isolated into different circuits until you patch the 2 circuits together. There should be an couple of push in terminals that you can patch your hot wire to bring power to both sides, the switch and the the outlet. If I could make diagrams like you, I would show you what I mean
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Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
> desertdog5051
06/23/2014 at 19:37 |
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I didn't make the diagram. Ground isn't shown, but the red wire is actually red. The turquoise wire is actually white.
Stephen the Canuck
> Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
06/23/2014 at 21:47 |
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If black is ground, red is the hot wire, and turquoise is the negative, you wouldn't get power at the outlet. The outlet isn't getting the hot power. Also, if your switch has the hot wire to it, and only ground, then I'd be worried about that too.
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Stephen the Canuck
> desertdog5051
06/23/2014 at 21:51 |
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Something like that?
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Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
> Stephen the Canuck
06/23/2014 at 22:58 |
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I fixed the wiring. I cut the bridge between the two blacks that I shouldn't have. One was hot the other was dead. So I just cut a piece of wire and bridged it myself. Unfortunately
that doesn't solve the more serious problem of everything else on the breaker not working. How could that be?
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Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
> desertdog5051
06/23/2014 at 23:01 |
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I fixed the wiring. I cut the bridge between the two blacks that I shouldn't have. One was hot the other was dead. So I just cut a piece of wire and bridged it myself. Unfortunately that doesn't solve the more serious problem of everything else on the breaker not working. How could that be?
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Stephen the Canuck
> Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
06/24/2014 at 06:08 |
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If it's an older garage, there might be fuses somewhere that blew. Did you disconnect anything at the breaker panel? Try flipping the breaker the other way, and see if the other stuff has power, that could mean that this got wired backwards, I think. Can you open the breaker panel up? You might find a disconnect wire or something.
timateo81
> Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
06/24/2014 at 13:35 |
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put your old switch back in and test. if everything works, then you've narrowed it down to your installation. If it doesn't, you've jacked something at the panel.