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What If My Light Switch Has Two Black Wires. I'm trying to replacement my bathroom's light switch with a combo switch and outlet. If the light turns on, the second black wire you connected to the switch is the switch feed and the unconnected black wire is the feed to the other. My apologies if this has been tackled before but i'm trying to replace an old light switch in my bathroom and the old one only had two black. An occupancy sensor that needs a neutral (as well as the feed hot and hot to the light) cannot be used where there are only two power wires (not counting a bare or green ground wire) entering the. The two black wires connected to your light switch are called hot wires or terminal wires. After removing the old switch, the preferred method is to join the two existing black wires together and to add a short additional black wire (called a pigtail). The first black hot wire will connect to the bottom terminal screw. However when i opened up my light box i had two black wires and two white wires. Then, the second hot wire will connect. Just follow the instructions that come with the new switch and have a voltage tester handy to determine which black wire is the line (hot).

I'm trying to replacement my bathroom's light switch with a combo switch and outlet. The two black wires connected to your light switch are called hot wires or terminal wires. If the light turns on, the second black wire you connected to the switch is the switch feed and the unconnected black wire is the feed to the other. However when i opened up my light box i had two black wires and two white wires. After removing the old switch, the preferred method is to join the two existing black wires together and to add a short additional black wire (called a pigtail). The first black hot wire will connect to the bottom terminal screw. An occupancy sensor that needs a neutral (as well as the feed hot and hot to the light) cannot be used where there are only two power wires (not counting a bare or green ground wire) entering the. My apologies if this has been tackled before but i'm trying to replace an old light switch in my bathroom and the old one only had two black. Then, the second hot wire will connect. Just follow the instructions that come with the new switch and have a voltage tester handy to determine which black wire is the line (hot).

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What If My Light Switch Has Two Black Wires My apologies if this has been tackled before but i'm trying to replace an old light switch in my bathroom and the old one only had two black. I'm trying to replacement my bathroom's light switch with a combo switch and outlet. The first black hot wire will connect to the bottom terminal screw. An occupancy sensor that needs a neutral (as well as the feed hot and hot to the light) cannot be used where there are only two power wires (not counting a bare or green ground wire) entering the. After removing the old switch, the preferred method is to join the two existing black wires together and to add a short additional black wire (called a pigtail). If the light turns on, the second black wire you connected to the switch is the switch feed and the unconnected black wire is the feed to the other. Then, the second hot wire will connect. My apologies if this has been tackled before but i'm trying to replace an old light switch in my bathroom and the old one only had two black. However when i opened up my light box i had two black wires and two white wires. Just follow the instructions that come with the new switch and have a voltage tester handy to determine which black wire is the line (hot). The two black wires connected to your light switch are called hot wires or terminal wires.