fangarang_10
Member
- Joined
- Nov 17, 2011
- Messages
- 13
- Reaction score
- 0
Hi, I'm hoping that you guys can help me with this ...
I'm in the process of replacing my ceiling fan (which I thought was going to be a nice simple project), which is wired to a single switch. However after setting the thing up like 4 times, I still can't get it working. I decided to go back to the beginning and test everything from the start. Doing this, I was finding something which I thought was weird. Using my voltage tester, I found the following:
With switch on:
Black & ground = voltage
White & ground = voltage
Black & white = no voltage
With switch off:
Black & ground = no voltage
White & ground = voltage
Black & white = no voltage
I thought normally I should find some voltage between the black and white. Before I call in a professional, I just wanted to double check that this isn't a simple fix. Let me know if there is something simple I can do, or just wait for an electrician to come in.
Thanks in advance.
I'm in the process of replacing my ceiling fan (which I thought was going to be a nice simple project), which is wired to a single switch. However after setting the thing up like 4 times, I still can't get it working. I decided to go back to the beginning and test everything from the start. Doing this, I was finding something which I thought was weird. Using my voltage tester, I found the following:
With switch on:
Black & ground = voltage
White & ground = voltage
Black & white = no voltage
With switch off:
Black & ground = no voltage
White & ground = voltage
Black & white = no voltage
I thought normally I should find some voltage between the black and white. Before I call in a professional, I just wanted to double check that this isn't a simple fix. Let me know if there is something simple I can do, or just wait for an electrician to come in.
Thanks in advance.