Unless this is knob and tube wiring there will very definitely be a black and a white wire in the switch box. Occasionally there will also be a red one if a three way switch and if a four way switch there will be two white and two black wires and the switch will have 4 terminals on it. Those are worth about 25 bucks, not that easy to find. I have one such arrangement here which I installed when I built my addition so that the lights on the stairs and landings can be switched from bottom and top on the original side of the house and outside each of the two bedroom doors on the landing on the new side. Took me about a week to understand how it is done before I could wire it.
Reversing the wiring on a switch will not reverse which way it works. revolving the switch upside down so that the terminals go into the box on the left will. Most switches these days, maybe all I don't know have a dot which appears under the toggle when the switch is on or even the word "ON" and "OFF" which appear below and above the toggle depending on it's position. When I was a kid we even had a bathroom switch which lit when in the off position. The purpose was to assist someone finding it in the night I believe. I don't know how it worked or why it should be made to go off when the light was on. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Kennedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 11:27 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] wiring a light switch. > Only the black wire gets attached in a light switch. If you are running new > wire, only cut the black one. If you are replacing a switch just undo the > screws and put the wires back in the same place. The worst that can happen > is the switch will work upside down. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peawee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "BH" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 5:17 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] wiring a light switch. > > >> Hi, is their any electrician out their that can help me on a basic wiring >> of a light switch? My step son is trying to replace a switch in his house. >> I >> just need some refresher of basic switch wiring. Its been a long time >> since >> I have done anything like this. >> >> thanks, >> Peawee >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> No virus found in this outgoing message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.0/1218 - Release Date: 1/10/2008 >> 1:32 PM >> >> >> >> >> To listen to the show archives go to link >> http://acbradio.org/handyman.html >> or >> ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ >> >> The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. >> http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday >> >> Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various >> List Members At The Following address: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ >> >> Visit the archives page at the following address >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following >> address for more information: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/ >> For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man >> list just send a blank message to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> > > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list > just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
