What does power to the fixture, but no light mean?
What does power to the fixture, but no light mean?
Re: Power to the fixture, but no light. You could also take the switch out of the circuit, touch the two wires together and see if the fixture works properly. If so, that tells you that the switch is still the issue. If it doesn’t work, but, you have power, the neutral may be the problem as suggested above. Be careful. Bob.
Why do I have power but no light?
It’s not enough to just have power coming in, it has to be able to flow back out, too. It flows out on the neutral. You can use your meter to check for 120v. between the known hot wire and the related neutral. Since you’ve been accessing both the fixture and the switch, a neutral problem would most likely be in the connections there.
What should I do if my light switch won’t work?
You could also take the switch out of the circuit, touch the two wires together and see if the fixture works properly. If so, that tells you that the switch is still the issue. If it doesn’t work, but, you have power, the neutral may be the problem as suggested above. Be careful. Bob. Re: Power to the fixture, but no light.
How does a light fixture use the ground?
The light fixture does not use the ground to power the lights. It uses the neutral. Re: Power to the fixture, but no light. [ Re: tafoyapr ] #761597 You could also take the switch out of the circuit, touch the two wires together and see if the fixture works properly. If so, that tells you that the switch is still the issue.
Re: Power to the fixture, but no light. You could also take the switch out of the circuit, touch the two wires together and see if the fixture works properly. If so, that tells you that the switch is still the issue. If it doesn’t work, but, you have power, the neutral may be the problem as suggested above. Be careful. Bob.
It’s not enough to just have power coming in, it has to be able to flow back out, too. It flows out on the neutral. You can use your meter to check for 120v. between the known hot wire and the related neutral. Since you’ve been accessing both the fixture and the switch, a neutral problem would most likely be in the connections there.
You could also take the switch out of the circuit, touch the two wires together and see if the fixture works properly. If so, that tells you that the switch is still the issue. If it doesn’t work, but, you have power, the neutral may be the problem as suggested above. Be careful. Bob. Re: Power to the fixture, but no light.
Why are my light bulbs still not working?
And yes, the light bulbs are good. [ad#block]Sorry to hear that your fixture is still not working. Because your old existing fixture stopped working it seems that there is another problem with the fixture circuit. The voltage reading you are getting could be caused by a condition known as a Neutral Feedback.