Light box

01-13-2013, 09:02 AM	#1
craig o Newbie   Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 6	Light box My father in law took down a track light fixture so I didn't see how it was wired. I have a ceiling mounted light box with 2 wires coming into it. One is a 3 wire. The other is a two wire. It seems one of the wires is "switched"(the power to it goes off/on with the switch), and the other wire has constant power

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01-13-2013, 09:06 AM	#2
craig o Newbie   Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 6	Light box Quote: Originally Posted by craig o My father in law took down a track light fixture so I didn't see how it was wired. I have a ceiling mounted light box with 2 wires coming into it. One is a 3 wire. The other is a two wire. It seems one of the wires is "switched"(the power to it goes off/on with the switch), and the other wire has constant power Now wondering how to hook up a regular 2 wire light fixture

01-13-2013, 09:19 AM	#3
joecaption Member   Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Hartfield VA Posts: 18,144	Light box Are you counting the ground as the third wire? What color are the wires? Pull out the switch a tell us how may wires are attached to it. (do not count the bare ground. Kill the breaker first!

01-13-2013, 09:22 AM	#4
fltdek Child Alert! Pull Up!     Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Richmond, Virginia Posts: 138	Light box Can you post a picture of the ceiling box with wires, as well as a picture of switch, pulled out away from its box so we may see the wire configuration? Thanks.

01-13-2013, 10:08 AM	#5
rjniles A "Handy Husband"     Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Carolina Low Country Posts: 2,932	Light box If the swiched wire is red, do this: Connect the 2 wites together, connect the 2 blacks together. Connect the white fixture wire to the 2 whites, connect the black fixture wire to the red. If your colors are different, post what you have. __________________ Location: Coastal South Carolina

01-13-2013, 12:20 PM	#6
hammerlane Member   Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,096	Light box Quote: Originally Posted by craig o I have a ceiling mounted light box with 2 wires coming into it. One is a 3 wire. The other is a two wire. You have a 2 wire that is a 3-wire and a 2-wire? What??? Attached Thumbnails