Which one goes where
#1
09-30-12, 02:25 PM
Which one goes where
I have three lights on a circuit. Two boxes have two cables, the third has one cable. I understand that the box with two cables that it has to power the light and also continue on to power the next light. My question is how are the blacks and whites hooked up. If you can explain in as simple terms as possible and a pic. (diagram ) would also be very helpful. Thank you
#5
09-30-12, 08:22 PM
It's night time now, I'll have to go to the attic in the day. The circuit box is just to the left of the light switch on the wall, from the switch it goes up in the attic of the garage into electric boxes where it branches off to each of where the lights will be going.
#8
10-02-12, 01:27 PM
The switch on the right is for an indoor ceiling light. The switch on the left is for the three outdoor lights. There are two or three ground wires in the back twisted together with a nut, one ground is attached to the switch. All of the white wires are nutted together. I played with the cable and it's pliable with no sign of cracking.
#9
10-02-12, 01:54 PM
Thank you for the pictures, and for explaining that the neutrals are spliced together behind the switch.
Inside the fixture boxes, splice the wires color-to-color, including the wires on the fixture, regardless of the number of cables. Also bond the ground wire to the box, if it's a metal box.
Before starting, you might want to pick up a copy of Wiring Simplified, possibly the least expensive and most valuable resource on this subject available.
I understand that the box with two cables that it has to power the light and also continue on to power the next light. My question is how are the blacks and whites hooked up.
Before starting, you might want to pick up a copy of Wiring Simplified, possibly the least expensive and most valuable resource on this subject available.
#13
10-04-12, 05:14 AM
but which one [ground] , the one from the fixture or one from one of the cables ?
*A pigtail is a 6"-8" length of wire the same size as the largest wire and color of the wires it is attached to. In this case it can be bare or green insulated.
