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Gray_Area:

--- Quote from: saint on September 29, 2012, 08:00:31 am ---Don't die Lew!

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This rates with sayings like, "Di plane, di plane!"

crashwg:
Is it a necessity to have a pull switch on this light?  If not and you've got it hooked up to a wall switch, remove all the wire nuts along with the PCB and any wires that aren't black, white or bare.  Connect all the black wires with a wire nut.  Connect all the white wires with another wire nut.  Connect any bare wires to a grounding screw that is most likely in the fixture somewhere.

If you do need the pull switch, they cost <$5 at Home Depot or Lowes.  Do as above but wire the switch between the black wire coming into the fixture and the black wires that go to the sockets.

Electricity need not be feared, just respected.

Nephasth:

--- Quote from: crashwg on October 02, 2012, 12:19:44 am ---Electricity need not be feared, just respected.

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+1.

SavannahLion:

--- Quote from: crashwg on October 02, 2012, 12:19:44 am ---Is it a necessity to have a pull switch on this light?

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You did notice this is part of a fan? I hate them myself, but we have these types of fan/light combos and they're usually installed in a ceiling box that is only wired to one switch circuit. You can install them in boxes wired for dual control circuits, most homes usually aren't wired this way. You need to have some way of independently controlling the lights from the fan. On a single circuit, you have no other choice, you need the pull chains.

Yeah, you could opt for the myriad of control choices that simulates a dual circuit. RF switch boxes. A simple remote. Even an X10 style module transmitting directly on the wire. Or you could shell out the money and/or time to have a dual circuit installed. They're all there. But none of them cost $3.50 to implement.

Vigo:
I have pull chains on all mine. I like to have the light off and fan on. Good for watching movies on hot days. 8) Otherwise, the one I have without a light pull chain works fine, but I can't run the fan unless the light is on

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