Hi all, I'm new to this forum and was hoping someone can help me....!
Today I noticed my outside light had went out so went to replace the bulb. As I unscrewed it, I could feel the bulb sticking, ( lamp was old), so used my screwdriver to loosen it. This resulted in the fuse tripping. I replaced the fuse and remembered to turn off the power supply!! I put in a new 60w screw in bulb and turned on the power. Now here is my problem, the outside light will only come on when my hall light is on... This was never a problem before. both could turn on/off seperately. The switch in my hall which controls the hall and outside light is a 2 gang switch. I also have another single switch down my hall for controlling my hall light. Has the fuse tripping caused a problem or is it something else? (I would also like to add that the outside lamp is weather beaten and it felt like I could only screw the bulb in 3/4 of the way....)
Thanks in advance for your help,
Today I noticed my outside light had went out so went to replace the bulb. As I unscrewed it, I could feel the bulb sticking, ( lamp was old), so used my screwdriver to loosen it. This resulted in the fuse tripping. I replaced the fuse and remembered to turn off the power supply!! I put in a new 60w screw in bulb and turned on the power. Now here is my problem, the outside light will only come on when my hall light is on... This was never a problem before. both could turn on/off seperately. The switch in my hall which controls the hall and outside light is a 2 gang switch. I also have another single switch down my hall for controlling my hall light. Has the fuse tripping caused a problem or is it something else? (I would also like to add that the outside lamp is weather beaten and it felt like I could only screw the bulb in 3/4 of the way....)
Thanks in advance for your help,