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    cssean83 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Feb 29, 2012, 07:42 AM
    New hallway light won't switch off
    I have changed my hallway light but kept the old switch and connectors so all I have added is earth live and neut wires from new block connection to the old block connection


    Reading other forums/helpdesk things says to try change wires other way around but still no luck


    Any fresh advice I can get ?
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    Feb 29, 2012, 10:47 AM
    Cssean,
    Is this a "three-way" switching circuit, where two switches
    Turn on/off the same light in your hallway?

    Did you only replace just the fixture?

    Please provide a bit more detail...
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    ma0641 Posts: 15,675, Reputation: 1012
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    Mar 1, 2012, 09:50 AM
    Somehow you have an unswitched hot as your power feed. What wires were in the ceiling box?
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