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You hooked up a ceiling fan when you turn the switch off it comes on when you turn the switch on the breaker flips?
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∙ 14y ago
The only way that this could happen is if the switch is a change-over/two-way switch or a switch to a lamp/light. When you switch on, you are short-circuiting the mains. Probably, educated guess, you need to wire the fan across two other terminals if it is two-way, or you need to wire it in to the ceiling rose of the lamp, not the switch. The problem with switches in lighting circuits is that the wires to the switch are not positive and negative, they are usually both positive - one from the supply, one to the lamp. Unless the current drain to the fan is huge - unlikely.
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Why would a circuit breaker switch spark?
the circuit breaker spark when it comes an over load, loss contact,but the probable cause is loss contact...and also the circuit breaker is going to be damage or destroyed.
Why does the breaker trip after changing a receptacle?
I do not even know that it is the light switch that is popping your circuit breaker! It may be the switch or something else. The light switch controls a circuit. As electricity passes through that circuit it is heating up a contact or a weak place in a wire. At a certain point that hot place in a connector or in a wire allows the electricity to jump out of the circuit and not go through the light. When that happens, the circuit breaker pops. You can turn off the circuit breaker. Then you can look at the connectors on your light switch. If one of them looks burned, You have solved the problem. You replace the light switch. Next comes the more difficult task of looking at the connectors for your lamp. If they are not easy to get to, you call an electrician.
Lights went out all at once on ceiling fan?
form_title=Ceiling Fan Repair form_header=7393 Could you please explain the problem with the ceiling fan?*= () No power to fixture () Tripping circuit breaker/short () Unnecessary noise or vibration () Broken pull string () Remote control doesn't work () Other Is the ceiling fan operated by means of a wall switch plate and or remote?*= [] Wall switch [] Pull string [] Remote control
Does a 20 amp breaker deliver 20 amps on the wire?
The breaker's function is to protect the circuit so that no more than 20 amps flow. The ability to create the 20 amp flow comes from the voltage supplied by the power company and the load you connect to the supply through the breaker. The breaker is just a switch that "opens" if the current flowing through it is to high. It has no role in generating the current.
How do you repair a pull chain switch on a fluorescent light?
Shut off the breaker that supplies the voltage to the fluorescent fixture. Wire the new pull chain switch in series with the black incoming wire and the black wire of the ballast. Turn the breaker back on and your switch will now control the off on operation of the light fixture.
Why would a circuit breaker switch spark?
the circuit breaker spark when it comes an over load, loss contact,but the probable cause is loss contact...and also the circuit breaker is going to be damage or destroyed.
What should the reading at the light switch be when the switch and the light fixture is removed. I had a dimmer switch on that light it went out I checked the volts at the switch they were about 14?
On the "hot"wire that comes from the breaker panel the voltage should be from 115 to 120 volts. This is taken from the "hot" wire to either the neutral or the ground wire. If its not then you have a breaker problem or you are on the wrong scale of the test meter.
Why does the breaker trip after changing a receptacle?
I do not even know that it is the light switch that is popping your circuit breaker! It may be the switch or something else. The light switch controls a circuit. As electricity passes through that circuit it is heating up a contact or a weak place in a wire. At a certain point that hot place in a connector or in a wire allows the electricity to jump out of the circuit and not go through the light. When that happens, the circuit breaker pops. You can turn off the circuit breaker. Then you can look at the connectors on your light switch. If one of them looks burned, You have solved the problem. You replace the light switch. Next comes the more difficult task of looking at the connectors for your lamp. If they are not easy to get to, you call an electrician.
Lights went out all at once on ceiling fan?
form_title=Ceiling Fan Repair form_header=7393 Could you please explain the problem with the ceiling fan?*= () No power to fixture () Tripping circuit breaker/short () Unnecessary noise or vibration () Broken pull string () Remote control doesn't work () Other Is the ceiling fan operated by means of a wall switch plate and or remote?*= [] Wall switch [] Pull string [] Remote control
Does a 20 amp breaker deliver 20 amps on the wire?
The breaker's function is to protect the circuit so that no more than 20 amps flow. The ability to create the 20 amp flow comes from the voltage supplied by the power company and the load you connect to the supply through the breaker. The breaker is just a switch that "opens" if the current flowing through it is to high. It has no role in generating the current.
How do you repair a pull chain switch on a fluorescent light?
Shut off the breaker that supplies the voltage to the fluorescent fixture. Wire the new pull chain switch in series with the black incoming wire and the black wire of the ballast. Turn the breaker back on and your switch will now control the off on operation of the light fixture.
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