"Cliff Hartle" wrote in message
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Here is what you have.

http://www.indepthinfo.com/wire-swit...t-switch.shtml

The white wire in the switch box should have been marked with black tape
or sharpie. You'll see that in the picture that the white wired is marked
this

True.

BUT when you hae a "switch loop" (a switch with just one black and one
white wire coming in) the white wire is almost always the one that's "HOT"
all the time and the black is the one that is connected to the lighting
fixture "hot" lead.

Most folks can quickly figure out that any and all of the wires going to a
switch will be HOT at least some of the time.

way.
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"Aaron Fude" wrote in message
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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




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