MK_Chicago
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I am trying to wire up two new vanity lights in my guest bathroom. They should work off a single switch. Everything seems to check out when using a tester (hot wires light up in both boxes when flipping switch) however, when I tried to connect the fixtures (with a single 60w bulb in it) and flip the switch, I heard what sounded like a surge and the vanity lights never came on and all of the lights on that breaker, including the vanity lights, then did not have any power to them anymore. I checked the breaker box and it did not trip but I had to manually turn it off then on to get the lights to come back on (after disconnecting the vanity lights first).
So I am thinking I have a mistake somewhere in my wiring that I'd like someone to validate.
Here is a diagram of how it is wired with the lights (White, Black, Ground). It seems to match this other diagram I found.
12/2 gauge wire with ground wire (which is what was existing gauge in that bathroom). I should mention that I did have to make some changes to the circuit because it previously had one vanity light and a bath fan/light. I can provide more info on what I did if this is a more complicated issue.
Thanks for the help
So I am thinking I have a mistake somewhere in my wiring that I'd like someone to validate.
Here is a diagram of how it is wired with the lights (White, Black, Ground). It seems to match this other diagram I found.
12/2 gauge wire with ground wire (which is what was existing gauge in that bathroom). I should mention that I did have to make some changes to the circuit because it previously had one vanity light and a bath fan/light. I can provide more info on what I did if this is a more complicated issue.
Thanks for the help
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