Q:i already tried wiring this light, but it didn't work. I always thought black wire to black, white to white and ground to ground. i connected the light fixture black wire to the three black wires (as shown in image) and the light fixture white wire to the three white wires, and connected ground wires together.when i flipped on the breaker, the light came on with the switch on off and the breaker tripped. i'm assuming this is wrong and i provided an image as i see in my ceiling mount. Can somebody kindly direct me how to properly connect the light fixture to these wires. thanks!

Depending on how your light and switch are wired, there could be a couple of different combinations. If you have more than one set of black and white wires, you have power coming into the box and carrying on to another outlet. I'm going to guess that your switch will only have a single 2-wire connected to it (one black and one white - plus ground). If so, you need to figure out which one of the cables at the light box, is going to your switch. Once you've figured that out, splice the white wire from that cable, to the other two black wires. Splice the other two white wires together. That leaves you with one black wire by itself. Connect your lights to that black wire, and the two whites. If you have something else at your switch, you will need to provide that information before I can give you an answer.

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Q:I have a minivan with a flat 5 pin wiring connecter at back. We bought an old utility trailer with no wiring. It has the two rear lights, one on each side with 2 wires sticking out of each. We got the flat 5 pin trailer connector to connect to the van and bought a long piece of cable which has the white, brown, green and yellow wires in it. Where do I connect what? I have the wire that connects to the van with the four colours and 2 wires coming out of each light for the trailer.Thanks!

White = ground Brown = running lights Green = right turn Yellow = left turn The brown wire is common to each light.White to trailer frame.The right and left will go to the other wire at each light.Make sure the green and yellow or connected to the wire that makes the brightest light.

Q:Trying to wire up a toogle swithch for boat light. Have a positive and negiative wire coming from the battery. I have 2 wires coming out of the toggle switch and two wires coming from the light. What goes where? Thanks

Like so: Battery (+) to inline fuse holder (within 6 inches of the battery). Fuse holder to switch. Switch to light. Light to battery (-). If you don't know what amp fuse you need, 3 amps should be more than enough in most cases. Please, please, please don't leave out the fuse -- boat wiring is subjected to a lot more shock, vibration than household or automotive. If the insulation gets chafed off the wires (more common than you might think) you can get a direct short to ground, which *will* get hot enough to start a fire. You really don't want to be dealing with a fire on your boat. Sounds like your switch is faulty. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ just read kilo's answer -- that's an interesting way to use a DPST switch. It'll certainly work, but seems a bit redundant to me. I just thought they were handy for switching two devices with separate 12V feeds (I used one for my helm lighting, with the tach being powered from the keyswitch accessory post, so it only lights up when the key's on). but he makes a good point; if your switch has 4 contact points (instead of just 2), make sure you use 2 on one side or the other (rather than the top 2 or bottom 2).

Q:has black wires.

Two black wires in the box would be a hot from the supply and a switched hot to the load. If the timer has only two wires then it should be pretty easy to just connect them. If they are marked line and load then you would have to hook the wire for line to the wire in the box that is always hot from the supply and the other to the wire marked load. If you are still unsure then it really is not a job for you alone, enlist the help of someone with a bit more experience or even an electrician.

Q:How do I connect a speaker wire with four wires (white, black, red, and green) to the back of speakers with only two connections (red and white)?

Use your enamel, or positioned money into some $2 cord strippers from the ironmongery shop. Its additionally a sturdy thought to apply some Banana Plugs to function to that speaker cord, this would make it lots less demanding to hookup on your receiver and audio equipment. not all systems are waiting to apply Banana plugs, yet while your equipment accepts them, then this factors the main look after connection.

Q:what does a #12 copper wire look like and waht does a #14 wire look like if you got pictures post a link thanks

go to a hardware store and look at the wires yourself....the numbers are printed on the wires....number 12 wire is the size of about 1/8 of a inch....number 14 wire is about the size of a heavy pencil lead......both these wires come in many colors......

Q:I have a carrier thermostat with red, green, yellow, white and blue wires. Bought a new honeywell, omly has red, green, yellow and white terminals. What do I do with the blue wire. Right now it is connected to rc with no jumper, but nothing works.

This is an educated guess, even though we don't know how the furnace is wired. In many cases, the blue wire is used for C (common). Tape off or snip off the end of the blue wire and don't use it. Put the red wire on the RC terminal. Jump RC to R or RH if you have heat. Connect the other wires to their corresponding terminals. If blue is common, there's a good chance you blew the fuse on the control board (if your air handler has one) and/or you fried the transformer. That is, if you tried turning on the A/C.

Q:tryin to move dryer approx 8 more feet but existing wire not long enough have 12/2 wire can that be used to run 220 dryer

The answer is probably NO. You can not safely use 12/2 wire to run a 220 volt dryer. 12 ga wire is only rated for 20 amps. Electric dryers are 30 amps and utilize a 2 pole breaker, so you would need to use 10/3. If your dryer is a gas dryer and only runs on 120 volts then yes you can junction 12/2 to 12/2 and extend the run the remaining 8 feet (as long as that run isn't more than about 200 feet long already). If you don't know what you are doing then just don't experiment with electricity, you can burn your house down.

Q:the 2 wires that is connected from the key hole is cut .. how to fix or replace?

If there enough wire left on each side of the cut, say 1, then you could bear about 1/4 of the wire on each side and solder the wires back together making sure you are soldering the same wires together and wrap each soldered connection in electrical tape so they are not able to touch each other. Then a final wrap of tape around them both. If you are not up to soldering you could go to an auto parts shop and get a crimp connector to do the job, again bearing of wire is needed to get a contact through the cut area. If the cut is closer to the switch then there is no option but to replace the switch.....