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volts500

wrote:
It was wired to a light fixture (circa 1973) that had nither black nor
white nor red wires, the black wires went to ine and the red to the
other. So from the new fixture (circa 2006) I hooked the black to the
black and the white to the red - no light - So i switched the white to
the white wire that was previously hanging from the electrical box and
had light but no switch control.

Then remove the light fixture black wire from the black wire(s) and
connect it to the red wire. Leave the light fixture white wire
connected to the white wire from the box.