On Sat, 10 May 2008 19:25:59 -0500, metspitzer
wrote:

On Sat, 10 May 2008 16:15:26 -0700 (PDT), Aaron Fude
wrote:

I'm sure you guys will crack it instantly.

I'm replacing a light and the switch that controlled it. I removed the
switch first. The switch connected a black and a white wire that came
in the same sheath. The white one was hot. (I know that sometimes this
means something, but what?)

Then when I removed the light I discovered that it, too, had a black
and a white wire connected to it, and the black one is hot. Now that
the light is disconnected, the black whire is still hot, but the wire
that used to be connected to the switch is now dead.

There are no other wires in either electrical box.

I'm racking by brain, but can't figure out how everything was
connected.

Many thanks in advance!

Aaron

The two wires at the switch go on the two terminals on the switch.
At the light, black to black and white to white.

You can put some tape on the white wire at the switch but it works
fine without it.


If you put the tester down and just look at what you have, you can't
really go wrong.