Recent content by disfasia

sorry, i signed up quickly yesterday... but the principals are still the same, no? :)

yes, i did test the socket tester. it works and i just plugged a 40 watt bulb into the light and it blew. the 60 watt bulbs don't blow up.

no, this is my first time posting. as you might tell from my lexical errors, i studied biochemistry, not electricity. :) but alas, i am running more tests. i put the bulb in and turned the switch to the off position: in this position the lights read that I have inversed the ground and the...

yes, i installed a four way system: three switches one light. that's all. i have the wires to the light linked to an outlet to test my lights before i blow another fluorescent. power box: 14/2 to first switch first to second and second to third switch: 14/3 (the 1st and 3rd are 3way...

yes, the socket tester has three lights. but i am testing a socket for which there is four-way wiring... so would this be the reason for the reading? since putting in the new socket (the old one might have been corroded) things work perfectly--except for the reading. why is this?

nothing confusing here. the reader says that the positive (aka,the hot wire) and neutral are inversed--but they are not. is this reading do to the fact that it is a four way connection? if you are confused, don't respond. i just need to know why the circuit reader would say that the...

uh, i meant just that: a blue light (not a red, not a green, and not a black). these are simple 40watt lights with colors on them. and somehow they blow. now i went out and bought new sockets and installed it--the lights are fine, but the circuit tester i have says that the positive and...

i just installed a four way switch..it controls a blue light of 50 watts perfectly. but i put in a regular bulb or a fluorescent for which i designed this switch, it blows the lightbulb immediately!!! i have double checked the wiring many times and the controls work perfectly (for the blue...