track lighting wiring problem, the light stays on, switches don’t control it.?
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.
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You have mixed up the permanant lives and switch lives u need to find out which black is taken from the switch or you could try the red… You need a Voltmeter!!!!
you can’t wire that way for a three way switch. One of the whites usually is the traveler that goes to the other switch. Then the switch with the wire going to the light for pwr is white, but tied to the black on the switch.
It is confusing, you need to get a pic online. Sorry I don’t have a diagram for you to look at. You’ll have to search for three-way switch wiring.
Good luck.
Proton led in Lyons Georgia says:
Karim, All you need to do is interrupt the circuit with a switch cutting the neutral wire.
- Paul Catignani