Yeah, until someone throws that other switch. Then he'll be wondering why
the light quit. Why not just use the proper switch?

--
Steve Barker



"Terry" wrote in message
...
On 13 Jan 2007 20:41:25 -0800, "jmDesktop"
wrote:

I am trying to replace my light switch. It had an older switch and had
three screws on it. On these it had black, red, and white attached.
My new one had three screws, but one of the screws was for ground. I
didn't have any place to put the white wire.

On the top screw I put red and white and on the bottom screw I put
black.

It works, but is this correct?

Thank you.


It should work just fine until you find the other mate to that switch.
I think you will find that the other switch now does nothing.

3 way switches are to control lights from 2 spots. You now have a
single pole switch. If you are ok with just using that switch then it
is fine.