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electrical wiring a switched light?
I have a electrical outlet in my room on a switch. I want to divert the wires in the attic so that I can install a ceiling light.
The duplex electrical outlet has black, white, red, and ground wires attached. The wall switch has black, red, and ground attached. I connected black, red, and ground from the switch to my ceiling light. It does not work. What am I doing wrong? Thanks.
Answer:
Only half of the outlet is switched, usually the top. The white is a neutral and feeds both top and bottom. If you look at the metal on the side of the outlet you will see that there is a break in it between the black and red screw but no break on the white side.To figure out which wire is switched insert a tester into the outlet with the switch off. When you determine which color stays hot then the other is the switched wire.To wire the light to the switch, use the switch wire and the white.
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