RV dinette light wiring questions
Finally getting around to trying to replace this. OK, I procrastinated, used duct tape, and then it all fell apart (down) on yesterday's drive. When it fell a lot of the wiring came apart. There ar...
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rvshrinker wrote:wnjj wrote:enblethen wrote:
Step 1: connect green straight to the black wires from fixture
Step 2: Are the lamps LEDs? Yes, possible polarity issue. Reverse black and whites to lamp holders:
Step 3: Get 12 volt test lamp. Make sure you have 12 volts to the fixture.
Step 4: verify that there is not another switch in circuit.
What part of the NW are you in?
x2 on step 4. From the original description it sounds like maybe the switch is on the light fixture itself? If that’s the case, the black wires may have been all wired to the same mushroom connector, intentionally bypassing the switch there and there’s another some place else.
Can you explain that again in a different way?
The switch is part of the light fixture. When the fixture fell, the switch fell apart and a little plastic tab broke, so while I can put it back together it's not easy. Once it's together it seems to hold. I might just have to buy a new fixture to get a new switch. But right now I'm trying to figure out my wiring. I don't see any other switch on the fixture or in the wiring.
In our truck camper, there is a wall switch that turns on an overhead light, but only if the switch on the light itself is turned on. The switches are wired in series. Is there a wall switch that runs that light or only from the fixture itself? If there’s a wall switch I was suggesting that the fixture switch was possibly bypassed by shorting the incoming power, both switch wires and the black light wires together.
