installing light switch

I am having an issue with the new lights not switching off. I installed 2 new lights and wired them into an existing light switch that operates the ceiling light. When I wired the two new switches I connected 3 wires (white, black, ground) together, one leading to each of the 2 new lights and...

I want to install a programmable timer switch. Inside the box in addition to a red and black wire are several white neutral wires all held together with a large wire nut. The present switch does not require a neutral wire. The programmable switch does require a neutral wire. Can I take out...

Let me start by saying that I know nothing about electrical/lighting. I would like to install pendant lighting to hang above a desk, from a soffet-type part of my wall, but I don't know if there is wiring in the wall to supply electricity to the fixture. Can I assume that it's possible for...

My laundry room had only a bulb with a plastic diffuser and a pull chain. I have installed a nice fixture, however, the fixture needs a switch. The box that the origianl bulb was wired from has only a black and white wire (rather old wire, I might add) and I purchased regulation wire (one white...