You need to check with a continuity checker to find out if two of the wires go to the switch and if the other two are a 120 volt line. Can i connect all the white wires and black wires into large wire nuts in the junction box as long as the number of wires in the box is less than 14.
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2 sets of wires in ceiling box. Connect the two white wires from the light fixture to the white wire located in the electrical box by twisting an orange wire nut onto all three wires. The fixture box you are referring to has one 2 wire cable providing the line or power in two 2 wire cables that take power to other locations and one 2 wire that is used for the switch which explains why you see a white wire attached to the other black wires. I bought a light for my sons bedroom but when i detached the old light i found to my horror 6 wires rather than the expected 2. Electrical junction box size and wire capacity electrical question. Out of the ceiling are two sets of wires 2 blackred pairs together with what may well be earth wires however these two wires were already joined together by a terminal block. Coming out of the ceiling there are 2 cables and in each are a red black and yellowgreen cables 6 in total and the light that i have bought to go up there has access for a blue and a brown wire.
Each insulated wire all cable clamps combined all uninsulated wires combined and each support for light or another fixture count as one wire. The new lights junction box has the standard 3 holes. Connect the two black wires from the light fixture to the black wire from the electrical box the same way you connected the white wires. I then ran wiring to three closet lights with single pole switches and to three lights in a hallway operated by. Connect the lead wires from the fixture to the black hot wire in the electrical box by twisting a wire connector to the ends of the. Twist the ends of the two light fixture lead wires together.
This is not always the reason that you have two sets of black and white wires in a box. Jumper wires which originate inside and dont leave the box however count as zero wires. Hello all im fitting a new ceiling light. I wired a circuit from the power box to three wall receptacles. Each switch outlet or other device counts as two wires.
Gallery of 2 Sets Of Wires In Ceiling Box
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