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    peeps4life Posts: 21, Reputation: 1
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    Dec 3, 2007, 11:30 PM
    3 white wires twisted together from outlet box
    I am trying to install a new light fixture where I had a ceiling fan. The problem I have is that the light fixture I am using has a "fast attach receptacle". The box where the old fixture was has a bare ground wire, a black wire, and 3 white wires twisted together. The white wires twisted together do not fit into the opening on the fast attach female receptacle.

    What could be a solution for this?
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    tkrussell Posts: 9,659, Reputation: 725
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    Dec 4, 2007, 03:53 AM
    Use a wirenut large enough for these three wires plus an additional short pigtail to attach to the connector.

    Usually red wirenuts will fit.
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