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On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 23:17:37 -0400, "M Gazer"
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I have several sets of flourescent lights in my kitchen which up until
tonight, were all controlled by a wall switch. Today, I replaced several
of
the tubes and now, when I turn the switch on/off, only some of the lights
come on. There are several other switches in the kitchen which we have
never used but now they turn on/off the lights NOT being controlled by
the
master switch!!

It seems insane but it seems that previously, all of the fixtures were on
the same circuit and now poof, for some reason they have been separated
into
different ones. I didn't do anything else other than replace some
bulbs..

You have either installed the bulbs backwards or accidentally bought bulbs
designed for the south hemisphere market.
Check the box to see if they were made in Australia.

derrick

Nah mate; maybe he didn't put the tubes in right and has got only one pin
'in the socket' and the other pin, somewhere on one or both ends of a tube,
the other pin touching the metal frame or summat?
Either that and/or agree the post doesn't make sense. I also wonder if the
metal fixtures are properly grounded?
Concerning FLUORESCENT lighting; you should see my neighbours (I wonder why
that word fluorescent is so often misspelt btw?) garage lights!
The whole thing is so badly wired that I refuse to work on it!