I don't think the problem is on the fan end. Where is this switch for the
fan? What happens if you connect all these wires in the switchbox together?
"Elena Sofia Ricci" wrote in message
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"RBM" rbm2(remove wrote in message
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| First, if you control the lights on the fan by a dimmer, you could have
| removed the pull chain switch altogether and just spliced those wires
| together. reversing the two wires on the pull chain switch would not
matter.

Ok. Thanks.

| Second, you replaced the dimmer switch,(single pole) and connected the
three
| leads the same- single pole devices have only two wires so I'm assuming
the
| third wire is green and you attached to a ground connection.

Correct.

| Is there a separate switch that controls the "fan" or does it just work
off a pull
| chain switch?

There is a separate switch that controls the fan.

| I've got to many questions to give you any clear answers,
however, in your dimmer box you should have several wires connected
together
| which bring the "hot" to these other places.

Inside the box I see lots of wires bunched together that go other places.


| One side of your dimmer should attach to this group of wires.

Well, eventually out of this "nest" of wires, three leads come out that
formerly attached to the old dimmer switch.

Then you should have a single wire which goes
| to the light and should attach that to your other dimmer lead. hth, Roy

At the end, I am still with the 3 combinations that I mentioned earlier:
no
light anywhere, kitche light only, or basement/garage light only. I get
this even if I remove the switch altogether. By why? Why wouldn't it be
the same as when I first started? Could I have done anything wrong whe I
reassambled the fan?

Thanks.

Elena Sofia Ricci


| "Elena Sofia Ricci" wrote in message
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| Sorry for the length, but I don't know how else to explain it. If you
can
| help, I would be very grateful.
|
| Background:
|
| The light bulbs on my kitchen fan kept blowing, one by one, and
eventually
| none worked, not even those that I KNOW didn't blow. (I had tested
them
| elsewhere, and they worked fine.) At one point I remember pulling on
that
| thin rope that operates the light fixture, and it came right out. It
| appeared to me that I couldn't "reattach" the rope and so I decided to
| replace the switch. But before doing that I tested the power at the
| dimmer
| switch, and it appeared that the dimmer switch went out, which may
have
| explained the "good" bulbs not working.
|
| So, I replace the light fixture switch. It's a small black switch
with
| two
| leads. I am pretty sure that I reassambled the fan/lights everything
| EXACTLY in the reverse order in which I disassembled it. It was
pretty
| straight forward because all the white leads were congregated in one
wire
| connector and all the black leads in the other wire connector.
(Question:
| does it matter if I had reversed the connection of the two leads on
the
| switch that I replaced?)
|
| Then I replaced the dimmer switch (single pole) and connect the three
| leads
| coming out of the wall in the EXACT same way in which they were
connected
| to
| the old dimmer switch. The lights in my kitchen worked, but the
lights
| that
| lead to the basement and the garage lights DIDN'T work. They are
| obviously
| operated by different switches, but they are in the same circuit,
| apparently. There was no power at these other locations. I checked
all
| the
| breakers, and they are fine; however, kitchen, basement and garage all
use
| the same circuit breaker.
|
| The leads coming out of the wall in the kitchen are all the same
color,
so
| I
| didn't know what's what (though I could have determined that with a
| volt-meter, but I wouldn't know how to interpret the results, other
than
| there is juice or there isn't). So I tried all six combinations (i.e.
| three
| leads going to three different terminals in the switch).
|
| PROBLEM:
| Depending on the combination in which I make my connections, I get (1)
no
| lights anywhere, (2) lights only in the kitchen; or (3) lights only in
the
| basement/garage but kitchen switch must be on.
|
| When I remove the switch altogether, I get the same thing if I connect
| these
| three leads to each other, leaving one not connected.
|
| I am not sure if I explained my self correctly. Thanks for any help
you
| may
| be able to provide.
|
| Regards,
|
| Elena Sofia Ricci
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