The more you understand, the easier it gets. One of those three wires is
power coming in. Another is going out to someplace else. those two must be
connected together. The third wire is going to your fan lights. once you've
figured out which is which you connect one wire from your dimmer to the wire
going to the fan lights, and the other wire from your dimmer to the two
wires that are spliced together.
"Elena Sofia Ricci" wrote in message
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"RBM" rbm2(remove wrote in message
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|I don't think the problem is on the fan end. Where is this switch for the
| fan?

The switch for the fan is nearby, but in an entirely different box.



What happens if you connect all these wires in the switchbox together?

All the lights go on! How do I make this happen when I connect the wires
to
the switch? Mind you that these wires are all the same color, so I need
some guidance. Thanks.

We are getting there ...


| "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
| | m...
| | 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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