Light comes on then goes off
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Light comes on then goes off
My light fixture that I removed has only 2 cloth covered wires. Both are black. The one black one has some white threads through it in a pattern -
I assumed this was the neutral - so I connected it to the white wire and the other to the black. Since there was no ground - I capped off the green ground wire of the light
Everything worked great for about 1 hour - then it went off by itself and would not come back on until about 1 hour later - i turned the switch on - the light started to illuminate for a brief second and went out.
Any thoughts as to why this is happening?
I assumed this was the neutral - so I connected it to the white wire and the other to the black. Since there was no ground - I capped off the green ground wire of the light
Everything worked great for about 1 hour - then it went off by itself and would not come back on until about 1 hour later - i turned the switch on - the light started to illuminate for a brief second and went out.
Any thoughts as to why this is happening?