3 way switch wiring diagram depicting all wires in the ceiling junction box.
Wiring a ceiling light with 2 wires nz.
See wiring a speed controller for wiring a rheostat to control fan speed.
Make sure that the power is switched off before you start.
In the ceiling light fixture electrical box one black wire from a 3 way switch gets connected to the black load wire on the light fixture.
Replacing fuse wires and fuse cartridges.
Connect the electrical wire to your source of power using the pliers and wire nuts and fish it through the joists until it reaches the light switch.
Secure the wire to the joists with electric staples.
The source is at the dimmer and the hot wire is spliced to one hot wire on the device.
It is helpful to have someone to hold the fixture as you uncap the wires and remove any electrical tape.
If you wonder why you have to identify and connect the hot and neutral wires correctly in a lamp read on.
Ensure that you do not work in any enclosure where conductors or terminals are live or could become live.
Remove the old ceiling light.
True the lamp will.
Even an inexpensive plug and cord has a marked neutral wire.
Several types of remodeling boxes can do the job but we recommend a 2 x 3 in metal remodeling box that s 2 1 2 in deep for fixtures up to about 6 lbs.
Red black green or brown blue green yellow cable feeds the switch.
Use a phillips screwdriver to unscrew the mounting screws and bring down the light fixture.
A device like this should only be used with an incandescent light fixture and not with a ceiling fan or other motor.
The third conductor green or green yellow is only needed if the lamp requires a safety earth black neutral blue wire goes to the loop terminal a red positive brown wire goes to one switch terminal and another from the other side of the switch to the lamp.
However it s likely that the light fixture was mounted in the middle of a stud cavity which makes mounting a box that can support the weight of the fixture more difficult.
In the above 3 way switch wiring diagram at each switch the black wire gets connected to the copper or black screw.
A two or three core cable.
When doing work on wiring in your home you must.
To wire this circuit 2 wire cable runs from the dimmer to the light.
Untwist the fixture wires from the house wiring.