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CLV

Mon, 07/07/2008 - 4:18pm

replacing a switch

I am simply wanting to replace a light switch to my bedroom closet. All of the instructions say there should be 2 black wires, one green wire. I have one red wire which was attached to one of the gold screws and one black wire which was looped around the other gold screw of the old switch and continued on. I do not see a green wire, however, there is a green screw. There is a copper wire that seems to be capped of with a copper cap. Why should something so simple be so difficult? Do I really need to hire an electrition to do this? Can someone help?

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pgerm2 writes:

Thu, 07/24/2008 - 12:14pm

Hello, This should be easy for you to do. Be sure to turn off the power to the circuit at the service panel before you start. The red and black wires are ok. The red should be going from the switch to the light, and the black should be coming from the power source. The power source is entering the outlet box at the light fixture. If you say there is a copper wire then that should take the place of the green wire and used as the ground wire. The ground wire should be connected to the green screw. I hope this helps. If not let me know. pgerm@jeromejoyce.com