For all of you who have a multimeter thrown in a drawer or toolbox but don’t know how to use it, these instructions will help in your search for missing voltage.

Q. I installed a dimmer switch in my dining room and now the chandelier only works half the time. There are two switches in the room that control the light. They worked fine before I started the jo… ...

On the light switch, C would be common, which gets bridged to 1 in switch position 1 (or) common is bridged to 2 if the switch is in position 2. Solution: You could just use a multimeter to test which ...

Of course one could use the resistance measurement mode of the multimeter to check these connections are present, but using the continuity mode makes it even easier.

Can't you hook up a test light on the positive side of the motor, then the other lead to ground? If the light lights up, you've got power up to the motor.