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I have a double gang box that has two single pole switches- each
switch controls one overhead light fixture. The switches were nasty looking so I decided to swap them out. Unfortunately when I removed them they just disintegrated before I could look at all the wires. Now I am stuck trying to figure this circuit out. Two 14/2 romex cables come into the box. Grounds are tied and pigtailed- but not any of the other leads. However, there is a two inch long white wire that was used as some sort of "jumper" between the two switches. It's looped at both ends, so I know it was attached to the switch's side terminals, as opposed to the rest of the wires which used the switch's "push-in" terminals. Fixture #1 One romex cable runs straight up to this light There is continuity across the white and black as long as there is a bulb in the fixture. I removed the fixture and verified there are no other wires up there. Fixture #2 The other romex has a hot white and a non-hot black. The white lead is not marked. If I connect a switch across these two wires, the fixture that was controlled by it (before I messed everything up) will work. I can't (easily) get at this fixture to see what other wires may or may not be up there. I can't understand how this was all setup to work properly & within code. Assuming Fixture #2 has a neutral somewhere else besides that box I am working in, where is the neutral for the other fixture? |
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