Looking to replace switches and recepticles in a condo. Took off the switch and found the following: a.) one black wire; b.) one red wire; c.) no green wire; and d.) the two wires go into the back of the switch now around the terminal screws.
I've taken a circuit tester and get a complete circuit touching the black and red wire. Does this mean the red wire is the ground? Seems odd to me, I was under the impression that by law the ground wire has to be green or bare. This is not unique to one switch, but this appears to be how all the switches are wired.
To complicate things just a tad. This first switch previously controlled the bottom of a close recepticle. Now the receptible is always on. I thought I might have to break the bridge. The wiring here is like this: a.) one red; b.) one black; and c.) one white. Based on the goofy switch I connected one black to the hot side of the receptible, the white to the other and the red to the ground screw. Using a circuit testing plug I am told that both recepticles are wired properly save for the face that the bottom is no longer controlled by the switch. Like the switch, all the receipticles appear to be wired this way.
Any thoughts, comments or questions? Thanks
I've taken a circuit tester and get a complete circuit touching the black and red wire. Does this mean the red wire is the ground? Seems odd to me, I was under the impression that by law the ground wire has to be green or bare. This is not unique to one switch, but this appears to be how all the switches are wired.
To complicate things just a tad. This first switch previously controlled the bottom of a close recepticle. Now the receptible is always on. I thought I might have to break the bridge. The wiring here is like this: a.) one red; b.) one black; and c.) one white. Based on the goofy switch I connected one black to the hot side of the receptible, the white to the other and the red to the ground screw. Using a circuit testing plug I am told that both recepticles are wired properly save for the face that the bottom is no longer controlled by the switch. Like the switch, all the receipticles appear to be wired this way.
Any thoughts, comments or questions? Thanks