On Fri, 07 Apr 2006 11:29:13 -0500, Bud--
wrote:

David Martel wrote:
Lurf,

So, why couldn't your electrician do this? You have a "line" wire
bringing the electricity to the switch. You have the load wire traveling
from the switch to the lights. You have a neutral returning the electricity
from the light to the ground rod. The ground wire is a second wire
connecting to the ground rod for safety reasons.
If you need a neutral (and a ground) at the switch box and lamp box the
electrician can pull new wire. So, why won't he?

Dave M.


The switch box might contain only a hot and switched-hot with no neutral
(presumably the case here). Hopefully the electrician looked at the box
and determined this (did not make a diagnosis over the phone). If wired
with cable (Romex, BX) you can't just pull a new wire, and fishing may
be a lot of work/cost.

I think this is correct. The electrician was more than happy to pull a
neutral wire. He just warned me that it would be expensive.


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