A tenant was conplaining of receiving a small shock when he touched the light switch.
I am totally confused. I have a closet light switch that has three black wires (2 top, 1 bottom left side, and 1 top right side) two white wires and one green ground.
When I removed the cover and switch, I noticed that there were two black wires connected to the light switch, plus the ground. I removed the switch from the wires and was seeing what I had and now I cannot figure out how to reconnect the wire to make the switch work. I think two black wires were connected to each other and then one of the wires was connected to the switch. Then a single wire was connected to the switch. I cannot figure out the correct order to make the closet light work and not affect the other lights in the home.
The best I could do was get the closet light to come on and unless it stays on, the lights in the baths and kitchen will not work. I have never seen a light switch that could control the other home lights. Other attempts at remembering the correct wiring method will cause the lights in the baths and kitchen to not come on.
What is the correct wiring I need to connect the black wires back to the switch, get the closet light to come on, not affect the kitchen and bath lights and remove any shock that my come afterwards?
Thanks for your help.
At the switch you have a feed wire coming in this brings in power which originates in the electric panel. You also have a feed or feeds goings out to other lts or switches, this you seem to have on the switch. instead of the closet switch loop.undo all the wires. find the only hot this is the one wire you can touch to the others and make different lts come on i reccomend getting a electric tester to do this. FInd the wire that goes to the closet lt. Once your sure put it to the side. wirenut all other wires together with the hot wire. this makes all other switches independantly hot. connect the hot to the switch and the closet lt to switch. I HOPE THIS MAKES SOME SENSE TO YOU . let me know if i can help
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