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mmcginn
May 11, 2014, 04:19 PM
I have replaced an old Chandelier for purely cosmetic reasons.
I wired it properly as far I know: There was an "N" on one of the wires from the Chandelier so I assumed this was the neutral and connected it to the white form the box. The other wire I connected to the red wire.
I installed a single bulb to test. The fuse tripped as soon as the breaker was turned on.
Also: The wall switch does not seem to work any longer. There is no "click" when I try to switch it on or off since tripping the breaker.

I have replaced ceiling fixtures dozens of times. I am stumped with this one..

FYI - The new fixture is on a breaker with some wall outlets. The new chandelier has 15x 25W xenon G9s. The old chandelier had 5x 60w incandescents.

ma0641
May 11, 2014, 04:27 PM
You may have a switch loop circuit instead of a through wire. What color was the N wire? How many wires in the ceiling box and what colors on the wall switch?

hkstroud
May 11, 2014, 08:13 PM
Describe the wiring in the ceiling box.

mmcginn
May 13, 2014, 05:56 AM
I have yet to look inside the wall switch. The lead was red and the N wire was white in the ceiling box. There were also some other wires in the top of the box, but they were not connected to the old chandelier so I didn't bother with them. It appears that everything has been sprayed with some white primer for some reason... It looks like they got lazy while painting the place (it's a new build about 4 years old). I can maybe try to take a photo tonight. Also there are 3 wires coming out of the new chandelier. All with transparent casing... One is labelled "GRD", one "N" and the third unlabelled. Pretty straight forward... if labelled correctly that is.

ma0641
May 13, 2014, 06:47 AM
A red wire would indicate this was part of a light fan combo with 2 wall switches. Check voltage between the red and white. On transparent wire, G is Ground, the smooth wire is Hot and the ribbed wire is Neutral.