Good evening everyone, I'm hoping one of you professionals can help me understand what is going on with my home wiring and confirm my thought process. We bough a home in July, built in 1993. As we have painted and remodeled I have been replacing switches and cover plates as to be expected.
When rewiring, I found my front door 3 gang box was wired odd. The 3 way fan switch was wired to black/red, and then the remaining blacks were twisted and set in while the whites for the front porch lights and corner flood light were all on switch. I rewired this box to have the neutrals twisted and set in the back of the box, put in proper pigtails to replace the screwed and backstabbed connections and put them to the switches.
Now, I've found all the light switches in my master bed and bathroom are wired the same way. Whites on switch, blacks twisted with a wire nut in the back. I've tested the individual wires and found with black lead of my multimeter to ground, and testing with the red lead, both the bundle of black wires and one end of the white wires to switch are hot with 120V.
I double checked the breaker box and all white/ground wires are attached to the ground/neutral bar and the black wires are connected to the breakers.
Unless I'm completely lost, the black wires are in fact hot wires as they should be, and should be what is on switch correct?
I suspect the 120V to one side of my switched neutral wires is being backfed from the remaining switches on the circuit from the other front bedroom, that I have not disconnected the switches in.
If anyone could help me confirm, I should rewire all these switches to be black to switch, white to bundle with a wire nut correct?
2 separate 3 gang switch boxes in my kitchen have the same situation as well. I suspect the rest of my light switches are wired the same. Was this house wired by a backwards electrician, or am I missing something here?
Thank you all,
Justin
When rewiring, I found my front door 3 gang box was wired odd. The 3 way fan switch was wired to black/red, and then the remaining blacks were twisted and set in while the whites for the front porch lights and corner flood light were all on switch. I rewired this box to have the neutrals twisted and set in the back of the box, put in proper pigtails to replace the screwed and backstabbed connections and put them to the switches.
Now, I've found all the light switches in my master bed and bathroom are wired the same way. Whites on switch, blacks twisted with a wire nut in the back. I've tested the individual wires and found with black lead of my multimeter to ground, and testing with the red lead, both the bundle of black wires and one end of the white wires to switch are hot with 120V.
I double checked the breaker box and all white/ground wires are attached to the ground/neutral bar and the black wires are connected to the breakers.
Unless I'm completely lost, the black wires are in fact hot wires as they should be, and should be what is on switch correct?
I suspect the 120V to one side of my switched neutral wires is being backfed from the remaining switches on the circuit from the other front bedroom, that I have not disconnected the switches in.
If anyone could help me confirm, I should rewire all these switches to be black to switch, white to bundle with a wire nut correct?
2 separate 3 gang switch boxes in my kitchen have the same situation as well. I suspect the rest of my light switches are wired the same. Was this house wired by a backwards electrician, or am I missing something here?
Thank you all,
Justin