Hope you can help me sort this one out please. .
Doing some volunteer work at small sanctuary - replacing a single light fixture in passageway with a switch at either end.
Should have been a simple job reconnecting wires to the new fixture in the same order as connected to the old one (there are three white wires + one black. There is a red wire running through the box but it was not connected to the light fixture so I did not touch it. None of the white wires has a black mark denoting it is carrying live curent).
Just as I disconnected the fixture two dogs got into fight, when I scrambled down to separate them I forgot what was attached to what.
The more I tried putting things back together the more confused things got. I tried hooking up in various ways, but obviously not the right way as the breaker kept popping out.
A simple job has become a nightmare.
Any suggestions how to tell what wire goes where please?
John
Doing some volunteer work at small sanctuary - replacing a single light fixture in passageway with a switch at either end.
Should have been a simple job reconnecting wires to the new fixture in the same order as connected to the old one (there are three white wires + one black. There is a red wire running through the box but it was not connected to the light fixture so I did not touch it. None of the white wires has a black mark denoting it is carrying live curent).
Just as I disconnected the fixture two dogs got into fight, when I scrambled down to separate them I forgot what was attached to what.
The more I tried putting things back together the more confused things got. I tried hooking up in various ways, but obviously not the right way as the breaker kept popping out.
A simple job has become a nightmare.
Any suggestions how to tell what wire goes where please?
John