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    Apr 15, 2013, 10:58 PM
    New light fixture does not work.
    Installed a new recessed 6 inch can light fixture and dimmer switch in a room remodel. Wired black to black, white to white, ground to ground. Light does not work. Voltage measurement at the fixture with the switch turn on. Zero volts - black to white; 120 volts black to ground (can). At the Switch I has Black hot on one terminal - Black to light on the other terminal. Whites are nutted together. Light blub is good, switch is good also. What is wrong?
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    Apr 15, 2013, 11:16 PM
    If you have no voltage black to white and 120v black to ground at the light you have an interrupted neutral (white). Check connection of white (neutrals) at the switch.
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