No power since putting dimmer switch in kitchen help me?
Question:n the kitchen I have a light switch either end.
I bought a ceiling fan for the living room & I had a dimmer switch it said I could not use a dimmer so took the switch from the kitchen to use for the fan so I was down a switch in the kitchen so I wanted to use the dimmer till I could get to DIY store.
Well, I put the dimmer in the kitchen there was power but once wired up, no power! All lights work round the house, checked fuse box I just dont understand.
There was power, I put a dimmer in kitchen & now no power in the kitchen, I have wired it right but why the hell are the lights no longer working since I put the switch in??
Please help, its kinda hard making coffee in the dark lol :O)
Answers:
I thought I answered this one yesterday. Put the three way switch back in the kitchen that you took out for the fan. Go buy a speed control rated for ceiling fans for your fan. Problem solved. I bet you had a wire left over in the kitchen? And a screw left over on the switch when you hooked up the fan? Just a guess.
It sounds like your fuse or a breaker is blown.
I've had similar problems before, and it has almost always turned out to be that a breaker was tripped but it didn't LOOK like it was tripped.
If you have fuses, the same thing could happen. It could be blown, but doesn't LOOK like it's blown.
Failing that, you may have a faulty dimmer switch.
If you have a 2 switches that work the same light, you need a 3 way switch. The dimmer is probably a regular switch, which will not work.
you have a wire problem somewhere try going to the other switch in the kitchen flip it, and then go back to the other switch and flip it, then your light will be on. or your breaker will be thrown. I'm not a master electrician so I would have to see it to fix it but my dad did something similar once(he wired it wrong) you must use a three way switch
Yes dimmer switches are pretty fragile you probably shorted it out when hooking it up just get a new switch and replace it and you should be fine
put the old switch back on if it works you need a different switch i think theres more wires in a two way switch
OK, little science lesson. Electricity runs in a circuit (circle), your switch is what completes a circuit and supplies power to your lights. When the switch is ON, a complete circuit, when the switch is OFF a broken circuit; hence no lights. Now, from reading your comment you have a two switches that run the same light; these are tricky and form a round about circuit. You need a three way dimmer, more screws for connections. Follow the link below for a demonstration on three way connections. He has all of your answers for electrical connections.
could be the switch is bad you can also put in a new breaker.
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