Old rewired fixtures

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splinetto

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I have an old fixture that was rewired ......When we hung it and turned it on it tripped the ocpd.....What we found,on the light, was that there was continuity between what we thought was the hot and the ground and no continuity between gounded conductor and the ground......What I think happened is that however rewired the light tied the ground and what they thought was the nuetral together......Is this a common practice when rewiring old lights?
 
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I have an old fixture that was rewired ......When we hung it and turned it on it tripped the ocpd.....What we found,on the light, was that there was continuity between what we thought was the hot and the ground and no continuity between gounded conductor and the ground......What I think happened is that however rewired the light tied the ground and what they thought was the nuetral together......Is this a common practice when rewiring old lights?
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You have a short circuit, find it, or send it back. It should be pretty easy to find, I would start by isolating each lamp holder, and go from that point. Also, the grounded and grounding conductors need to be seperate. but you know this.
 
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Is it against code to install an old light that doesnt have a ground? I was always told never to hang aa old light unless a ground was added
 
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