There should never be any instance with residental house wiring in the State of New Jersey where the neutral (white) conductor is run through a switch to control any electrical device. Correct?
This is an unsafe, dangerous and should be corrected immediaetly. Right?
Upon discovering this situation the device has been put out of service.
After all of your learned and experienced answers the plan is to have this remedied by this week's end, if you say so.
Does not matter what state you are, I do not know of any jurisdiction amends this. Note the exception though
404.2 Switch Connections.
(A) Three-Way and Four-Way Switches. Three-way and
four-way switches shall be wired so that all switching is
done only in the ungrounded circuit conductor. Where in
metal raceways or metal-armored cables, wiring between
switches and outlets shall be in accordance with 300.20(A).
Exception: Switch loops shall not require a grounded
conductor.
(B) Grounded Conductors. Switches or circuit breakers
shall not disconnect the grounded conductor of a circuit.
Exception: A switch or circuit breaker shall be permitted
to disconnect a grounded circuit conductor where all circuit
conductors are disconnected simultaneously, or where
the device is arranged so that the grounded conductor cannot
be disconnected until all the ungrounded conductors of
the circuit have been disconnected.
Yes. They are copying and pasting directly from their homework, or are a foreigner and having someone translate to the site, so they can have everyone do their homework for them.
Just because the wire is white doesn't mean it's a neutral.
If a two-wire cable is run from a ceiling box down to a switch box, it'll have a black and a white. In this case, it's required to use the white as the hot and the black as the switch leg.
You're supposed to identify the white as a hot, but in my experience, this isn't done very often.
there are three conductors in the box, black (hot), white ( neutral) and bare ground.
the only conductor on the switch is white( neutral) in and out. the connections are on oppisite sides of the switch.
i suspect something is amiss as the ground condutor is spliced with a wire nut. i believe this contavenes all NEC's as the splice should be formed with a copper crimp connector expressly for this purpose.
I would also like pictures of this. White conductor in and out. On both sides of the switch. Kinda reminds me of when I saw someone use 14-2 for a three way switch.
Greetings:
i am not a faking this.i am not cutting and pasting from a homework assignment, this is a legit concern with what i have discovered in my home.
so is the use of the white wire thru a switch to control the operation of an appliance/device code? three wires black, white, ground are in the box white thru the switch.
i do not know why my previous posts aroused any concerns of fakery.
regards,
fish96
When a single cable with 2 conductors with ground is the only wiring in the switch box and goes up to where the power and the light are, you correctly connect the black wire to one switch terminal and the white wire to the other. Up where the light is you connect the black wire to the light or receptacle hot terminal and the white wire to the single black or cluster of black wires for the power. Both ends of that white wire should be marked with a black or red band of tape or stain. Other, incorrect, connections may result in a short circuit that trips the breaker and might damage the switch
FISH96 said:
i do not know why my previous posts aroused any concerns of fakery.
A cables white conductor can be used as a switch loop in a single pole, 3-way or 4-way switch installation.
The white conductor of a cable can be used to feed a switch or can be a traveler in 3-way(or 4-way) switch installations. The white conductor CANNOT BE USED AS A RETURN CONDUCTOR FROM THE SWITCH TO THE SWITCHED DEVICE.
There should never be any instance with residental house wiring in the State of New Jersey where the neutral (white) conductor is run through a switch to control any electrical device. Correct?
This is an unsafe, dangerous and should be corrected immediaetly. Right?
Upon discovering this situation the device has been put out of service.
After all of your learned and experienced answers the plan is to have this remedied by this week's end, if you say so.
Sounds like a switch leg. The white wire is probabely the feed to the switch. The black is the switch leg back. What does it control? When was the house wired? What is the total conductor count in the box?
to be on the safe side i am going to call in a pro to give myself piece of mind. perhaps i should of done just that from the get go and not have bothered you very kind folks.
regrads fish96
to be on the safe side i am going to call in a pro to give myself piece of mind. perhaps i should of done just that from the get go and not have bothered you very kind folks.
regrads fish96
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