wiring question
 

Hello all,

I removed a fluorescent light fixture that I will be replacing with an
incandescent fixture. When I removed the fluorescent one the wires in
the ceiling box were 2 reds (capped together) 2 blacks (capped
together) and 2 whites. One of the whites went to the black wire in
the balist, and the other white went to the white wire of the balist.
I marked the white wire that went to the black wire of the balist...is
this the hot wire that I would connect to the black wire of the new
fixture?

Thanks!

Eddie G

wiring question
 

Eddie G wrote:
Hello all,

I removed a fluorescent light fixture that I will be replacing with an
incandescent fixture. When I removed the fluorescent one the wires in
the ceiling box were 2 reds (capped together) 2 blacks (capped
together) and 2 whites. One of the whites went to the black wire in
the balist, and the other white went to the white wire of the balist.
I marked the white wire that went to the black wire of the balist...is
this the hot wire that I would connect to the black wire of the new
fixture?


It probably is the hot wire. I would check both wires to ground with a
meter or test light. The wire should have been marked non-white when
installed. Sounds like the light is between 2 3-way switches with the
black and red being 'travelers'.

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