wiring question

May 12, 2008 1 Replies

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


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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