On 2 Dec 2005 06:31:09 -0800, "kevin" wrote:

And for completeness (and since you are going to do this despite
whatever I say anyway), you should relabel the switched white wires (ie
the white wires that go to and from the light switch, which will be be
HOT rather than the normal NEUTRAL). On each end of this white wire,
wrap a piece of colored electrical tape around the white insulation
(black tape will do fine, red is fine too; just don't use green or
grey). This is the way to "mark" the wire (as mentioned by Terry) so
that future workers will know this is not neutral any more, but rather
HOT (or switched HOT, in this case).

They SHOULD mark the wires. Many don't.

The house I'm in right now has no marked wires, even when they used
regular Romex (black & white) for 240V circuits.
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