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    Jan 24, 2007, 08:14 AM
    Pull chain switch
    :confused: I was told that I could convert any light fixture to a pull chain light by drilling a hole in the light canopy and connecting a pull chain switch. I did that and got the light to work but it will not turn off with the chain, I have no wall switch. Is this all wrong or have I connected wrong?
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    Jan 24, 2007, 10:04 AM
    I'm sure it's connected wrong. How did you connect it?
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    Jan 24, 2007, 12:48 PM
    The switch has 2 black wires, the light is a headrail light with 4 lights. I have 4 white wires, 4 black wires, I connected by color and connected the switch to the blacks, but then I tried another way and connected one to white and one to black, when the chain was pulled it tripped my breaker.
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    Jan 24, 2007, 02:41 PM
    Yes. You connect the black from the supply to one of the pullchain wires. Connect the other pullchain wire to all four blacks from the light. Connect all the whites together.
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