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Re: Here is why I am not around much lately....

Subject: Re: Here is why I am not around much lately....
by red_johnny on 2008/3/30 19:08:03

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Livin_the_dream wrote:
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red_johnny wrote:I have only 3 wires, black, white and copper. Copper of course grounds on the switch housing, then the other two go at their respective sides.

Are you talking on the switch? if so this may be a 3 way switch and not a single switch. A three way is used to have to switches control a light or circuit. A single switch has 2 screws top and bottom to break the black wire with 1 ground screw on other side for ground . The white does not connect to either a 3 way or a 2 way switch, if it is, it should be marked with black tape signifying that it is a hot wire.
Is the power to the switch coming from the outlet going to the switch and then the light? I'm trying to understand your circuit ?
Sometimes a trip to home depot or lowes with a diagram of the circuit and how its wired can get you some good advice.

Problem is I threw out the old set up and dont remember exactly how it was wired. I know that it had one wire going to the switch and the other going into the outlet and a jumper wire between the two (or maybe two jumpers) and the switch worked. I dunno what to do now.

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