Hi all,
Electrical newbie here. I have a question about dimmer switches. Recently, two dimmer switches malfunctioned within a month of each other. Would they have malfunctioned because they were wired wrong? I just replaced them today and the new ones seem to be working fine. The old ones didn't have any ground wires. They new switches have ground wires and I attached the switch ground wires to the bare copper ground wires in the electrical box. I hope I installed them correctly.
Could the dimmers have burnt out because I'm using the wrong bulbs? It just seems strange that both dimmers malfunctioned almost at the same time.
I bought the house last year. My electrical bills are way too high. Way higher than my last home. I have all the same stuff running so it seems strange that the bill is 3 or 4 times as high.
The home was bank owned, a repo. I'm wondering if the previous owners did something to the wiring and thats making the bills higher.
I have one outlet that doesn't work. I haven't gotten around to looking into it.
The previous owner did remove the boilers expansion tank when they left. I had to buy a new one to get the heat working. Thats why I'm wondering if they messed with the wiring also.
When I bought the house, one lamp would dim periodically. I think that may have been because the home's main ground wire from the panel wasn't attached to anything. We reconnected it. I think that stopped the lamp from dimming.
I'm probably going to get an electrician to look the house over. Was just wondering if anyone could provide two cents. I don't want to sound like dumb when I talk to an electrician.
Thank you all in advance
Electrical newbie here. I have a question about dimmer switches. Recently, two dimmer switches malfunctioned within a month of each other. Would they have malfunctioned because they were wired wrong? I just replaced them today and the new ones seem to be working fine. The old ones didn't have any ground wires. They new switches have ground wires and I attached the switch ground wires to the bare copper ground wires in the electrical box. I hope I installed them correctly.
Could the dimmers have burnt out because I'm using the wrong bulbs? It just seems strange that both dimmers malfunctioned almost at the same time.
I bought the house last year. My electrical bills are way too high. Way higher than my last home. I have all the same stuff running so it seems strange that the bill is 3 or 4 times as high.
The home was bank owned, a repo. I'm wondering if the previous owners did something to the wiring and thats making the bills higher.
I have one outlet that doesn't work. I haven't gotten around to looking into it.
The previous owner did remove the boilers expansion tank when they left. I had to buy a new one to get the heat working. Thats why I'm wondering if they messed with the wiring also.
When I bought the house, one lamp would dim periodically. I think that may have been because the home's main ground wire from the panel wasn't attached to anything. We reconnected it. I think that stopped the lamp from dimming.
I'm probably going to get an electrician to look the house over. Was just wondering if anyone could provide two cents. I don't want to sound like dumb when I talk to an electrician.
Thank you all in advance