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   ClaysWorld | Feb 06, 2003 08:47pm | #1

   Stick with carpentry Ha Ha JUst funnin Hey open up the light switch and disconect all wires and start over again. Use that little tester thingy with the light on it, you know the one with 2 leads on it . Then check ground-nutral- and hot. Hot comes to the ltsw. and goes to the Lt. Then if thats not the total problem You may have to go to the lt and disconect it and start over there also. If power comes to that box then send it to the lt sw on the black/hot wire and return it to the light box and fixture on the  white wire and mark it hot with blk tape in the sw box and the Light bx.

    Clay

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   toolnut | Feb 06, 2003 09:14pm | #2

   see 27316.1 , you should be able to click on it and go striaght to your original post.

   4lorn1 gives you the solution in post #5.

   I had a heck of a time finding it too.   I  think it was titled "Blowing Breaker"

   Good Luck

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   UncleDunc | Feb 07, 2003 01:15am | #3

   I used to go track down lost threads like this, then one day the question occurred to me, if he can't find the first thread, is there any reason to believe he'll find this one to read the answer? :)

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   toolnut | Feb 07, 2003 01:39am | #4

   Good point.  

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   pm22 | Feb 07, 2003 06:47am | #5

   The question was~ "When I try to turn the light switch off, it blows the breaker."  Perhaps the switch is upside down.

   Perhaps the switch is really defective.

   Perhaps this is a three way switch?

   In any case, the wiring is probably wrong.

   ~Peter

   "debris" ends with an "s". The word is not "debree". Why can't people pronounce the English language properly?