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- CLOC-AdminThis is my first problem I can’t figure out. Need your help. The bedroom lights quit, I checked the fuse, ok, checked the switch, ok it has no power. Where to start? The switch is not part of a slide, just in the wall. Where should I look?Posted: 9:39 PM – Feb 28, 2016No power to the switch. Did you test both sides of the fuse with a test light?Posted: 10:10 AM – Feb 29, 2016You can pull the fuse panel and check for a loose connection.
ChipPosted: 8:43 PM – Feb 29, 2016I had the same problem and it ended up being a loose connection in wire nut right behind the dimmer switch.Mark
Posted: 10:12 PM – Mar 01, 2016Will check both, thanks.Posted: 8:32 AM – Mar 02, 2016Jere&Laur wrote:Will check both, thanks.Jere,
Did you find your problem with the lights. I had the problem also and it turned out to be a bad dimmer switch in the bedroom.Nate
Posted: 11:28 PM – Mar 19, 2016And now for something completely different. ….. a visitor came to see our trailer and switched on the light, on it came. My wife tells me it started working again so I have to check it and sure enough on dimming off, back on. Now what?Posted: 9:01 AM – Mar 20, 2016My switch worked intermittently also, it will quit again. The fix for me was to replace the switch. I hope yours continue to work.Nate
Posted: 3:22 PM – Mar 20, 2016warthog wrote:My switch worked intermittently also, it will quit again. The fix for me was to replace the switch. I hope yours continue to work.Nate
X2 but in my case it was as simple as tightening the wire nut. It has worked flawlessly since then. I would check it out because Murphy’s law guarantees that it will quit again at the most inconvenient time.
Mark
Posted: 3:35 PM – Mar 20, 2016You stated you had no power to the switch the first time you tested it then you can probably assume the switch is ok. Check for any loose connections at a wire nut like Mark suggested or somewhere upline before the switch. Can be very frustrating finding the source of the loose connection. If its a home run lead then I would suspect a loose connection at the fuse panel but it can be feeding from another switch somewhere. While it’s working start pulling your light fuses one at a time and see what they protect, then you will know what other switches are on the same circuit and narrow down your area to troubleshoot. Good luck.Chip
Posted: 8:33 PM – Mar 21, 2016Took the fuse box out and found nothing loose. But I will admit it was after that the lights worked againPosted: 7:41 AM – Mar 22, 2016Here is another thing you can check. When you test to see if you have power at the switch when it’s not working where are you grounding the black lead on your meter? If your using the ground wire on the switch, try running a long wire from the battery ground terminal instead or a known good ground. Could be a loose ground in that switch circuit. Another thing. When you pull the fuse that protects that switch does the little red light come on? If it dosent then that also would indicate a loose ground. I keep a long wire with clips on the end just for this reason so I can test ground wires. You could have 12 volts coming to the switch when it’s not working but if the ground is bad you wont get a reading on the meter so test the ground so it would appear as no voltage to the switch.Chip
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