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    bcreech14 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Apr 5, 2013, 02:47 PM
    2 switches control my one hall light. One flips the light on the other trips the bre?
    2 switches control my one hall light. When I flip on switch the light comes on, when I flip the other the breaker trips. Why?
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    Apr 5, 2013, 03:49 PM
    OK, tell what you did.
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    Apr 5, 2013, 04:57 PM
    Sounds like a hot connected to a neutral or ground. Please answer earlier post.
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    Apr 6, 2013, 05:55 AM
    2 switches control my one hall light. When I flip on switch the light comes on, when I flip the other the breaker trips. Why?
    Because something is wired wrong.
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