| Changed fixture, light won't shut off now!?!
Hi There
Today I tried to change the fixture in my living room as well as the switch and now I am having problems. Previously, the switch was a dimmer switch, which I removed and changed to a standard on/off switch, connecting the black and white wires (1 each) to the 2 connectors on the switch. Then I removed the old fixture to place a new one on. There are 4 wires coming from the ceiling box- 2 black, and 2 white. Only 2 were connected to the original fixture (1 black, 1 white), so I connected those same 2 to the new fixture only to find that the new fixture would not come on at all. So I switched the wires around and connected the other 2 and was able to get the light to come on when I turned the breaker on, but the switch will not shut the light off! The light just comes on and stays on and the switch seems to do nothing. I tried switching the wires around again, but no light at all would come on. I removed the fixture and now I'm not sure what to do. The 4 wires come from 2 seperate areas in the box-one has a black and white coming from it, and then the other also a black and white coming from it. The previous fixture was connected with 1 black from one of the sources, and 1 white from the other source, with the remaining 2 wires left lose. As I said, when I connect 1 set to the fixture, the light comes on and stays on, if I change it to the other set of wires, nothing will come on at all. So I'm not sure which wires should be going where. Why would the light come on and stay on? I tried using a couple different switches, and they all do the same thing. Do I need some sort of special switch? There is only 1 light switch box in the room, so I'm still confused as to why there are 2 sets of wires coming from the light box in the ceiling. Either way, what am I doing wrong???
What am I doing wrong??
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