[swallis]

I just installed a new lighting fixture in my living room and when I turned the electricity back on, the lighting fixture will not turn off. It is connected to a regular on-off toggle switch that worked perfectly well with the old fixture. I think I connected the wires correctly for the new fixture--white to white, and the fixture black wires I connected to the red wire and left the black bundle in the ceiling capped. Anyone know why the fixture won't turn off now? HELP!

[stanfortyman]

Huh, sounds right to me. I would assume the red is the switch leg and the blacks the constant hots.
Are you SURE you didn't connect to the blacks in the ceiling?

[swallis]

I actually tried it both ways. I didn't know what the red wire was for and initially connected the black wires from the fixture to the black wire in the ceiling which eventually tripped the circuit breaker. I then capped the black wires in the ceiling and connected the black wires from the fixture to the red wire in the ceiling, but now it won't turn off. I even took the switch plate apart to see if there was a problem with the wires to the toggle switch, but they all look connected. Not sure what to do now...

[stanfortyman]

Did you change any of the original splices in the ceiling?
What wires were on the switch?

[swallis]

I didn't make any changes to the splices - it's the same ones that worked with the prior fixture.

There was a black wire and a red wire attached to the toggle switch. The black was on one side, the red on the other.

[Stratmando]

Remove the switch and disconnect 1 wire to narrow down.

[hkstroud]

Something not right. If there is a red wire in switch there should be a white wire. If there is a black, red and white wire in switch, there should be other wires in switch box. Describe all wires in ceiling box. Pull switch and describe all wires there.