Bathroom Light Pull Switch Not Working

You replace the switch with a different brand of light switch just in case but it follows exactly the same ill fated life as the last.

Bathroom light pull switch not working. Locate the wire connections from the pull chain switch to the unit. Fit a replacement switch. Replace the old switch with a new pull chain switch then place the end cap back onto the light fixture. Light pulls also known as a pull cord switch are operated using a string to activate the switch.

A 6 amp light pull switch is used to control lighting and a 45a shower. Switch off the power at the relevant switch on your consumer unit. They work fine for a few weeks then they get sick. Bathroom extractor and light on same pull switch we have a bathroom extractor fan and light on the same pull chord switch when the light stopped working i thought it was the bulb blown.

You need to tug the cord two or three times to switch the lights on. They are commonly used as bathroom light switches and used in environments susceptible to water to keep the user as far away from the circuit as possible hence the string pull. If the gfci does not reset then the gfci outlet may need to be replaced. Carefully reattach the wires from the switch to the light remembering to pair black to black and ground to ground.

Finally they die a death and no amount of pulling can switch on the lights. At the gfci outlet for the bathroom press the test button then the reset button. If not the gfci still may have a problem maybe. Adding additional lighting light fittings and switches to an existing circuit adding additional sockets and fused spurs to an existing ring or radial main and installing additional earth bonding.

I changed the bulb for a new update one and it still didn t work. If the gfci resets ok then see if the bathroom light fixture is working.