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Old Mar 16, 2009 | 12:12 PM
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Default home electricity question

okay i am renovating my kitchen & i moved a light switch & ground fault outlet to a new spot. i thought i rewired it exactly as i unwired it but the lights dont work (outlet does)

here is the set up.

2 recessed lights
power from house comes from 1 recessed light to the other (piggy backed)
outlet borrows power from the same line, also piggy backed from the 1 recessed light

one wire from switch to recessed light #2 (exactly as it was originally)

i am looking at the wiring set up and it seems to me that there should some power going TO the switch, to turn the lights on and off.

the only thing i can think that i missed is that perhaps the switch had a pig tail from the GFI to get juice to it, so that when switch was on, lights got power.

everything else, i did one step at a time to make sure i couldnt possibly fuck it up... i am 100% confident that everything at the lights is wired exactly as it was before i took it apart.

does this make any sense? do i need to tie the switch to the GFI?
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