Timeline for Why is my lighting not turning on after updating single pole light switch for a newer light switch?
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| Mar 4, 2022 at 12:52 | comment | added | FreeMan | I guess that this is what Harper means when he says "you'll keep experimenting until you find something that works, but that something could kill you". The ground wire is meant to provide life protecting safety. Having a circuit that only works when this safety is removed indicates that something is terribly wrong somewhere else. | |
| Mar 4, 2022 at 8:25 | comment | added | Chenmunka | This doesn't answer the question. It merely provides a hack that leaves the circuit in a dangerous state. | |
| Mar 4, 2022 at 3:29 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | You need to dig deeper -- the fact that removing a grounding wire stopped the tripping is telling you that something else is wrong, and removing the grounding wire is simply masking the symptoms of that other fault | |
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| S Mar 4, 2022 at 2:15 | history | answered | Chowow | CC BY-SA 4.0 |