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piggy


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The LED light fixture over the lavatory did not come on when last time tried.  We thought it was just a simple bulb change. No go, could not open it anywhere to get at the bulb.  Took the fixture out and bought another one that fit, wired it up and NOTHING. Checked the fuses, so he said. What to do now?  Thank you, we are all new to this and appreciate your help with things.  Piggy in La.



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take your multi meter and check for voltage on the wires.......and eliminate that first......could be a bad ground or a bad hot wire


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Check the wires on the switch too.

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Second checking the switch. I had a light that didn't work I got new bulbs and that didn't fix it. I checked for power and found there wasn't power to the light. Turned out to be a bad switch.


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The other light in the bath room, runs off same switch, is working fine. So anything else I should try?  thank you



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piggy wrote:

The other light in the bath room, runs off same switch, is working fine. So anything else I should try?  thank you

 See post #2.........

Multi-meter out and check, check, and triple check. Start at one spot and work your way to the other end. Could be a bad wire(broken) or bad connection. Multi-meter is the only way you're going to troubleshoot it.



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No power at the wire that the light connects to.

I wonder where the other end terminates to? All fuses in the main terminal ore O.K.

 



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Next point to check then would be at the switch. If there's power going through that then you'll have to check the entire wire run from between the switch all the way to the light fixture.

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I can never remember this right, but if the one light is operating separately, I think that means that they are NOT wired in series.  If the wiring was done in series, I think both lights would stop working.  So, considering parallel wiring, check the wiring going from the one working light to the non working light.  If there is a bad "spade lug" at that light, it would create your problem.  It could be a bad lug at either light, as far as that goes.

I had a bad spade lug on one of our bathroom lights a while back and I found that the wire had slipped out of the "crimped" spade.  Since it was crimped, I couldn't get the whole wire back in, so I had to go buy some more lugs.

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Many RV manufacturers use quick splice connectors where you insert two wires and close them, no wire stripping or crimping tool needed. They are notorious for failing.  They look something like this:

http://bentronics.com/images/quicksplice.jpg



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