track lighting wiring problem, the light stays on, switches don’t control it.
there are two switches on the wall, one on each side of the room.
I had a light in place before, and it worked fine, could on and then off from other switch, or vice versa.

Now, i hooked up a NEW light today, and connected white to white wire, black to black, and ground to ground wires in the light switch, junction box on ceiling.
I’ve got one other wire in the junction box, it’s red. I don’t think it was used before though – it has a marette on it.
Please help.
thanks.

We have decided to swap the living room and dining rooms in our house, that is, use what is supposed to be a living room as the dining room, and visa versa. One problem is that the living room does not have an ceiling light. I would like to install some pendant lights in what is now the dining room for over the table.

My question is this… what is the best way to do this when there isn’t an existing ceiling light?

The room has a wall socket that runs turns off/on using the light switch. I would like to tie it into that light switch, but don’t want to have to cut into the ceiling and walls any more than is necessary.

Any advice would be great.
It is on the lower floor of a two story house.

Hi, so I just bought a light but it did not come with a lighting kit. I really want to have it be a pendant light but i’m not sure where to buy it or what kind of kit will work with it. Here is what it looks like:
http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv279/vintage24/DSCF3222.jpg http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv279/vintage24/DSCF3219.jpg (this is the top of the light)

I am just using a hanger to hold up my light in my closet right now and I would really like to be able to find the right kit to be able to hang it up in my dining room.

This is what I want it to look like: http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv279/vintage24/p_w253_alt_WE09A348_SP09_0811251406.jpg

I have preset lighting already, so I also just want to be able to turn it on and off with the light switch. I dont want the kind where you plug it into the wall.

If anyone could help me that would be fantastic. Thank You!
I already took it to home depot but they didnt have it…

I have a newer home that had two existing light sources in the kitchen. The control switch for the light above the sink is located in the kitchen and the light switch for the light located in the middle of the kitchen is on the wall entering into the kitchen. I tried replacing the light above the sink with a pendant lighting. When taking the existing light down I saw that all the wires were black not labeled so I went to the hardware store and bought a circuit tester. I found out that two wires were hot and the other wire did not set off the circuit tester. Previously one of the hot wires was connected to the wire that did not set the circuit tester off, and the other hot wire was by itself. When I hooked up the pendant light I connected all the hot wires and left the wire that caused no reaction by itself, then connected the ground wire to the screw in the mounting bracket. The pendant light turns on, but the other light will not as a matter of fact both light switches turn on and off the pendent light. Am I suppose to separate the hot wires if so how do i know which one to hook up to the pendant hot wire.

I have large room, 2 separate lights are in it. Their both controlled by one light switch. I want to take 1 light out and replace it with a ceiling fan with a light kit in it also. If I hook the black to black, and the white to white, will I be able to use the fan when the lights are off ? How do you wire to have both lights go off with the switch, but still have electric to use fan at night? Please help me!

would be a good place a install light switch, like i said it is pretty open, only available wall would have cabinets attached to them. all suggestions would be great.

I want to install track lighting in my apartment. Unfortunately, we don’t have an overhead fixture; I have an outlet on the ground that’s controlled by the light switch, made for standing lamps and such.

Are there track lights out there that work like a lamp, that can be connected by an outlet? I’m willing to put up with the power cable, I’d just have it hugging the corners.

As in hard wired so that it can be turned on and off via light switch? If not what would be a better alternative to this type of idea, I realize small bulbs could have the same effect I am looking for but what would then be the best way to wire them to connect to the single sorce (I am going for a hanging loose chandelier look)?