Table lamp won't shut off after being rewired

jerseygirlkayak Posts: 1, Reputation: 1

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Mar 14, 2013, 11:11 AM

Table lamp won't shut off after being rewired

Rewired a lamp and did positive wire to brass and negative to silver but it now won't

Grady White Posts: 1,417, Reputation: 59

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Mar 14, 2013, 12:07 PM

Sounds like a bad switch to me.

hfcarson Posts: 1,003, Reputation: 49

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Mar 14, 2013, 12:11 PM

... agreed...

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