Is there an electrician in the house?

SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 25,435
edited September 2012 in All Encompassing Trip
I changed a double pole wall switch at the folks house yesterday...
And for the LIFE OF ME I cant understand why I now have both set of lights operating from one switch...And not operating seperately!!!!

Is it all because I didnt remove that metal tab between the 2??? If you are familiar...You know which metal tab I am talking about.
Take me piece by piece.....
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 37,871
    with the tab in it acts as a single pole. IS there another switch as well in operation as well?
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  • mickeyrat wrote:
    with the tab in it acts as a single pole. Pull the tab.
    UGHH!!!

    Im an idiot!!!

    hehehehe

    Thank you Mickey
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • DS1119DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    Easy fix. Stick a fork in the electrical outlet and the light will go out. :lol:
  • I changed a double pole wall switch at the folks house yesterday...

    This sounds dirty :lol:
  • rival.rival. Posts: 7,775
    don't cross the streams.
  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 37,871
    is your hair standing up yet? or did you burn their house down?

    Did it work?
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    Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
    you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
    memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
    another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
  • mickeyrat wrote:
    is your hair standing up yet? or did you burn their house down?

    Did it work?
    Gonna go take care of it tomorrow...

    For the life of me, yesterday, I couldnt figure it out...

    Then this morning the 'lightbulb' went off over my head...hehehehehehehehe

    "Wait a second, the little metal thingy, between the do-hickeys!!!!! I think I was supposed to remove that!!!"
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • mickeyrat wrote:
    with the tab in it acts as a single pole. IS there another switch as well in operation as well?
    So I snap off the tab...
    Hook up the switch again...
    And WALA!!! Now I only get one of the on/off switches to work!!!! ARGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    WTF???

    I go back to the hardware store...
    Pick up a new switch...
    Go back to the folks house...
    And in 3 minutes I have it all set, and everything is fine...

    the 1st double pole switch I bought...
    Was the wrong type of switch, for what I needed.... :lol::lol::lol::lol:

    2 days later...
    2 trips to the store.....
    68 miles of driving...
    All for a simple fucking light switch???

    :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • DS1119DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    Buy them some candles and say fuck it.
  • DS1119 wrote:
    Buy them some candles and say fuck it.
    What a fucking comedy...
    My wife/my mom/my dad...
    ALL telling me what they think I am doing wrong....
    Between the 3 of them they have NO CLUE!!!! hehehehehehehehehe
    The more they talked...
    The more frustrated I got! hehehehe

    At one point my lovely bride said to me....

    "You have no idea what you are doing, do you?"

    :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 37,871
    mickeyrat wrote:
    with the tab in it acts as a single pole. IS there another switch as well in operation as well?
    So I snap off the tab...
    Hook up the switch again...
    And WALA!!! Now I only get one of the on/off switches to work!!!! ARGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    WTF???

    I go back to the hardware store...
    Pick up a new switch...
    Go back to the folks house...
    And in 3 minutes I have it all set, and everything is fine...

    the 1st double pole switch I bought...
    Was the wrong type of switch, for what I needed.... :lol::lol::lol::lol:

    2 days later...
    2 trips to the store.....
    68 miles of driving...
    All for a simple fucking light switch???
    on a DIY project?

    :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
    Sounds about right. :lol::lol::lol::lol:
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    Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
    you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
    memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
    another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
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