Ubarjarl

Ubarjarl t1_j1hsjlb wrote

Reply to comment by Myst1987 in New light by Myst1987

Yes the wire that goes to the switch does form a loop. Confusingly, often the wire that’s “supposed” to be the neutral or white wire is, in this configuration used as a “hot” or black wire. If you look closely at the picture, the white wire running between the light and the switch has little black sections at either end. This is supposed to be representing the idea that, in this case, the white wire is being used as black. Glad it’s working now.

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Ubarjarl t1_j1gm7wb wrote

Reply to New light by Myst1987

Is the offending light on the same switch as the other four? If not, are any other lights on the same switch as the offending one? It sounds like the light was wired to bypass the switch and just get constant power from the breaker/panel. Does your husband recall how he wired the offending light? Pictures of the junction box wires would help.

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Ubarjarl OP t1_iu2piq1 wrote

Whirlpool with a true sparker. Broiler burner at the top starts no problem. Eventually I got the problematic sparker working by fiddling with the sparker. Literally bending the housing a bit to alter the gap distance.

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