BobStrauss
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So I'm trying to help my sister wire in some new recessed lighting in her living room. I'm trying to run it off of an existing circuit box, shown below:
The bottom right switch goes to the porch light. The top right switch goes to outdoor security lights. The middle switch goes to the entry light, and the left switch went to a "mystery cable" that didn't seem to control anything.
Here's how it looked before when opened up:
My original plan was to pull the mystery switch, cap it, and use that slot for the new wiring. So I pulled out the existing box, installed an old work box, and ran new cable down from the attic, shown here still in the sheath:
However, when trying to connect my wires back together, I'm having a headache getting everything to work. I tried this, and only half of the switches worked - the bottom right (porch light) and the middle (entry light). At times, the top right switch would actually turn on the interior lights, which I thought I had wired to the left switch. Kind of a disaster.
Really not sure where to go from here, aside from calling an electrician. Any advice would be muuuuch appreciated.
The bottom right switch goes to the porch light. The top right switch goes to outdoor security lights. The middle switch goes to the entry light, and the left switch went to a "mystery cable" that didn't seem to control anything.
Here's how it looked before when opened up:
My original plan was to pull the mystery switch, cap it, and use that slot for the new wiring. So I pulled out the existing box, installed an old work box, and ran new cable down from the attic, shown here still in the sheath:
However, when trying to connect my wires back together, I'm having a headache getting everything to work. I tried this, and only half of the switches worked - the bottom right (porch light) and the middle (entry light). At times, the top right switch would actually turn on the interior lights, which I thought I had wired to the left switch. Kind of a disaster.
Really not sure where to go from here, aside from calling an electrician. Any advice would be muuuuch appreciated.