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Sherlock Holmes

In article .com,
says...
I came for help, not some super electrical geek boy smart ass answer.
but thanks

You ever figure this out yet?

Doug Miller wrote:
In article .com, wrote:
OK
Light Switch - Black on one terminal red on the other

Electrical Box - Black, White, Red, Ground

Old fixture was connected to black and red with two copper wires from
the fixture.

I doubt that very much. Probably it was connected to white and red, and you
forgot -- it seems that you didn't take note of what was connected to what,
before you took the old one out.

New fixture connected black to black ad white to red - no light

No surprise the you've connected both sides of the light fixture to hot
wires. No current can flow between two points that are at the same voltage.

New fixture connected black to black and white to white - light but no
switch control

No surprise there either: you have the neutral side of the fixture connected
properly, and the hot side connected to a wire that's hot all the time, and
not controlled by the switch.

Try connecting white to white, and black to red -- and next time, pay
attention to what's connected where, and label them, before you disconnect
anything.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.