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    Oct 19, 2012, 10:25 AM
    Kitchen lights
    I changed a light switch in a 2 and floor bedroom. Now my kitchen lights don't work. All the outlets work fine just no light.
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    Oct 19, 2012, 12:01 PM
    Somehow you missed a wire or disconnected one. Check for a loose pigtail or back stabbed wire. What were the wire colors at the switch?
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    Oct 19, 2012, 12:17 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by ma0641 View Post
    Somehow you missed a wire or disconnected one. Check for a loose pigtail or back stabbed wire. What were the wire colors at the switch?
    3 black 2 tied together 1 separate.
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    Oct 19, 2012, 06:52 PM
    How were the blacks that were tied together connected to the switch? Are you sure there isn't a small pigtail somewhere. No whites? I would surmise the 2 tied together are hot and the separate one goes to the other side of the switch but without a white passing through I'm not sure. Are any of the wires recolored from white?
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    Oct 21, 2012, 02:57 PM
    Did you separate all the blacks at the switch and then reconnect them? If you you did not put them back together the same way.
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