I attached black to black and white to white.
2006-12-18 07:11:17 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
If you have no ground wire to connect them to, connect them to the metal work box that the fixture attaches to. If there isn't a ground wire for that switched light, I would actually consider looking at your other outlets and see if there is a ground inside the work box. If not, you have a very old house and actually may have aluminum wiring. Very dangerous!
Good Luck!
2006-12-18 12:38:21 · answer #1 · answered by macncletus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most lighting fixtures have 3 configurations:
Black wire is the Hot wire.
White is the Neutral wire.
Bare or Green wire is the Ground wire.
Ground wire is usually attached to the metal box if you do not have a ground wire lead already inside the box. (IE. Older house)
2006-12-19 11:48:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If its a "bare" copper wire, then its ground.
You have three wires, (or should have), coming from your fuse box to the lamps, hot, neutral and ground. Sometimes, the ground from an appliance is often "green" colored, and its connected to the bare ground wire that is stripped from the 14/3 or 12/3 wiring.
I wish you well...
Jesse
2006-12-18 07:16:25 · answer #3 · answered by x 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bear copper wires are the ground and can be attached to any metal part
2006-12-18 07:14:44 · answer #4 · answered by aussie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Attach one of them to your left nipple , and the other one to your right nipple , make sure the power is on , and flip the switch ...
2006-12-18 07:52:59 · answer #5 · answered by johnnyb 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋