Help with wiring a light fixture please!

[TOM2425]

Hey guys would appreciate some help wiring a new light fixture. It has two separate switches that control it. The way the wires are exactly lt how it looked when I took down the old fixture. Please see the attached picture.
Thank you!

 

[Taylortwocities]

I'm not familiar with US wiring, but isn't it obvious that the two wires with the bare ends are the two wires that go to the light, and the bare wires twisted together are the earth connection, should the light fitting need it.

 

[telectrix]

i'd say that the white wires go 1 to each side of the bulb, but as you're USA, can't be sure as your colours and voltage characteristics are different to here. maybe a USA member would better advise.

 

[buzzlightyear]

ten words any good!

 

[TOM2425]

So the two bare white wires connect to the black and white connection on my light fixture? Does it matter which one goes to which either or?

 

[buzzlightyear]

with out the right test gear it would be advised to get a spark in .

 

[Megawatt]

ten words any good!View attachment 51981

Good job buzz couldn’t have done it no better, what would look real good would be is to throw in a 4 way

 

[TOM2425]

Spark in? What does that mean? Thanks again for your help.

 

[buzzlightyear]

Spark in

when we say here in England it says call for the services .

 

[littlespark]

A "spark" is british slang for an electrician.

So "get a spark in" means employ an electrician

 

[Megawatt]

Spark in? What does that mean? Thanks again for your help.

Tom study the drawing that Buzz did for you and I

Spark in? What does that mean? Thanks again for your help.

tom study the drawing that Buzz did for you and I believe you can do it

 

[buzzlightyear]

uk two lighting ,but thier is many ways we can do here ,love and kiss buz xxxxx.

 

[Megawatt]

View attachment 51984uk two lighting ,but thier is many ways we can do here ,love and kiss buz xxxxx.

Nice Buzz you know what your doing

 

[buzzlightyear]

what about this drawing .

 

[telectrix]

Nice Buzz you know what your doing

on the odd occasions that he is sober. .only joking buzz.

 

[Megawatt]

View attachment 51985 what about this drawing .

View attachment 51985 what about this drawing .

The only thing I see is I got a hard time for using wire nuts LOL good job

 

[telectrix]

we don't like wire nuts over here. partly because (in domestics especially) most of our cable is solid core and getting a decent connection with a wire nut is almost impossible.

 

[TOM2425]

Gentlemen I followed the diagram and we have power and both switches function but the one switch has to be in the on position for the other to function any ideas?

 

[DPG]

I would recommend getting an electrician in rather than just trying things out. Safer in the long run.

 

[telectrix]

colours not clear, but methinks that the black going to the light need swapping with the white? that's currently in the wire nut.

 

[Megawatt]

we don't like wire nuts over here. partly because (in domestics especially) most of our cable is solid core and getting a decent connection with a wire nut is almost impossible.

We pull singles in conduit and it’s stranded I can fully understand on solid wire
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Gentlemen I followed the diagram and we have power and both switches function but the one switch has to be in the on position for the other to function any ideas?

View attachment 51991

Tom you do understand that one or the other switch is going to be up and the other one will be down is that what your saying

 

[telectrix]

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telectrix said:
we don't like wire nuts over here. partly because (in domestics especially) most of our cable is solid core and getting a decent connection with a wire nut is almost impossible.

We pull singles in conduit and it’s stranded I can fully understand on solid wire


so do we. singles are 7 strand, but on domestics we use twin/E, either plastered in or capped. the sheath provides the mechanical protection. sadly, it's all solid core unless we want to pay double the price and wait for wholesalers to order it in. when we used imperial cable it was all stranded. far superior to the crap we're forced to use today since (against the wishes of the electrorate) a goon of a prime minister got us converted to metric.