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Posted by bud-- on May 12, 2008, 10:53 am
Eddie G wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I removed a fluorescent light fixture that I will be replacing with an
> incandescent fixture. When I removed the fluorescent one the wires in
> the ceiling box were 2 reds (capped together) 2 blacks (capped
> together) and 2 whites. One of the whites went to the black wire in
> the balist, and the other white went to the white wire of the balist.
> I marked the white wire that went to the black wire of the balist...is
> this the hot wire that I would connect to the black wire of the new
> fixture?
>
It probably is the hot wire. I would check both wires to ground with a
meter or test light. The wire should have been marked non-white when
installed. Sounds like the light is between 2 3-way switches with the
black and red being 'travelers'.
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bud--
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