If you see a white wire in a switch box with a black or red marking that means it is a hot. This method was used until 2011 when he code was changed. I am planning on making a video on switch wiring which might help.
Hi quick question, I removed a ceiling fan the ceiling wires I saw inside my ceiling has 2 red wires connected together and 3 neutral wires connected together and one single orange wire. Now I’m replacing it with a modern light fixture which has black, white, and ground wire. Which wire should I connect the black wire to? Btw I live in the USA and it has a 3 way switch
You should connect it to the 2 red wires and cap the orange one. Because an orange wire means it has 208 volts between it and neutral and that will kill your light
@@electriciantv5174 I did that but now my light doesn’t turn off from both 3 way switches so i thought I did something wrong up top now I know my problem is at the switches
I’m a pond service guy ... i cut a water pump wire to remove a pump and to put in a new pump but had to use the original plug 🔌 so I was goin to connect a underwater proof connector the new pump had 3 wires black white and green and the plug has deffernt colors so I could match them up... so is there a color chart that I can get to tell me colors of hot wires and nutrual and ground colors
Idk if you have figured out this problem the black and red are hot wires and the second hot is probably because it is a split outlet meaning the 2 plugs are being powered by different phases do if this is the case make sure to break the brass tab on the hot side.
Question: I have Red White and Black coming out of the J box in the crawl space. I am running power to a mini split and the Romex coming in only has Black white (and ground). Do I connect black to black or black to red. I assume white goes to white and ground goes to ground.
It really doesn’t matter if you have a multi meter just make sure there is power on them. Both red or black could be used. I would personally choose the black just cause the colours will match
If it’s a dc circuit red will be positive and black will be negative. If ac then you will need to find a good ground and test between each wire and that ground
Be really really careful. Live electricity can kill. Should not tell people to tackle live electrical wiring on youtube. There is 110&220 volts mains in your country. Different country have different colour codes for wiring.
Yes Ik that there is 120 and 240 volts in north America and most countries use different systems and colour codes. However I feel most people can handle changing an outlet or a switch
Too much explanation ..what the viewers need is direct answer like for example ....usually Black wiring for positive,red wiring for negative,white for grounding,yellow wiring,green wiring,blue wiring, gray wiring etc etc..that’s very easy to understand...
You will have positive and negative wires in a DC circuit. The positive will be red or pretty much any other colour. While the negative will always be black. The most common colours for positive wires I’ve seen is red, yellow, and orange. I hope this helps!!
Help! I found steering wheel for the games But the wire is cut and I don't know where the another wire.. and in the steering wheel there is a white,black,red and green wires can i connect them with blue, green, orange and white wires?
Hi i got some speakers and the cable that go in the electric port is broken so i changed it in another one but the speaker have a white and a red wire can i put a black wire with a white wire and red with red i need some answer
Josue Valadez yes on a 240 volt circuit you will have 2 hot wires one being red and one being black. And if you need a third hot wire for that circuit it will be blue. I hope this help the confusion. Thanks for commenting. Have a great day.
Yes indeed. Thank you
This helped me out lots thanks 🤙
I'm glad it helped. Have a great day
Thanks !
Thank you :)
No problem man
Thanks for the comment and have a great day
I'm 3 years late to this video but thanks for giving a proper example and explaining it in an understandable way 🙏
Your welcome man
Whats mix black an white and then the black alone, and how they connected in switch?
If you see a white wire in a switch box with a black or red marking that means it is a hot. This method was used until 2011 when he code was changed. I am planning on making a video on switch wiring which might help.
Hi quick question, I removed a ceiling fan the ceiling wires I saw inside my ceiling has 2 red wires connected together and 3 neutral wires connected together and one single orange wire. Now I’m replacing it with a modern light fixture which has black, white, and ground wire. Which wire should I connect the black wire to? Btw I live in the USA and it has a 3 way switch
You should connect it to the 2 red wires and cap the orange one. Because an orange wire means it has 208 volts between it and neutral and that will kill your light
@@electriciantv5174 I did that but now my light doesn’t turn off from both 3 way switches so i thought I did something wrong up top now I know my problem is at the switches
If your light doesn’t turn off I’m guessing that both the reds are constant power and your switch leg is your orange wire.
Hey I have a sensor and I wanna know in the circuit where do I put the sensor and what does it do please 🙏 thank you for the video it was helpful👍
I can probably help you but I need a bit more information. I can probably make a video about it too!!!
very late reply but i was having trouble with organizing a circuit for my sensor
Idk if I can help sorry
I’m a pond service guy ... i cut a water pump wire to remove a pump and to put in a new pump but had to use the original plug 🔌 so I was goin to connect a underwater proof connector the new pump had 3 wires black white and green and the plug has deffernt colors so I could match them up... so is there a color chart that I can get to tell me colors of hot wires and nutrual and ground colors
Dope Aquariums I’m sure you can find one on google but just remember black=hot. White=nutral and green=ground
I have a red, black and white coming out of the box for receptacle. Which one, red or black, should be wired as hot?
Idk if you have figured out this problem the black and red are hot wires and the second hot is probably because it is a split outlet meaning the 2 plugs are being powered by different phases do if this is the case make sure to break the brass tab on the hot side.
Use a voltage meter, but remember to to turn off the power before connecting anything.
Question: I have Red White and Black coming out of the J box in the crawl space. I am running power to a mini split and the Romex coming in only has Black white (and ground). Do I connect black to black or black to red. I assume white goes to white and ground goes to ground.
It really doesn’t matter if you have a multi meter just make sure there is power on them. Both red or black could be used. I would personally choose the black just cause the colours will match
Thanks my man seth
No problem man have a great day
I bought a light fixture with a red wire and blue wire. Can you tell me which colors go to the black and white wire coming from the ceiling?
Nikki Betts well usually the red is the live and blue is the neutral.
always connect the same color wires to each other
Never connect a red wire to a black wire.
You can connect black to red wires in single phase power. Both red and black are hot wires
@@electriciantv5174 Thanks for the correction.
I have a red and a black. No white. Which one is the Line 1 live and which one is Line 2 Neutral?
Trying to connect a thermostat. Thanks
If it’s a dc circuit red will be positive and black will be negative. If ac then you will need to find a good ground and test between each wire and that ground
I have only Red and black I need to connect to an amplifier so which is negative ?
The black should be negative
@@electriciantv5174 thank you man .
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Be really really careful.
Live electricity can kill.
Should not tell people to tackle live electrical wiring on youtube.
There is 110&220 volts mains in your country.
Different country have different colour codes for wiring.
Yes Ik that there is 120 and 240 volts in north America and most countries use different systems and colour codes. However I feel most people can handle changing an outlet or a switch
Which one is positive?
In ac systems there is no positive and negative. There is hot, neutral and ground.
its seems so simple yet I always get confused.
Black mean negative right?
That is for dc power. I was talking ac power in this video
@@electriciantv5174 thanks.
Im wiring brake lights to an atv😂😂
Nice. Dont use any information from this video to do that then AC and DC systems have different wire colour codes
@@electriciantv5174 Yeah I soon figured it out when the brake lights were flashing and not the indicators XD
Too much explanation ..what the viewers need is direct answer like for example ....usually Black wiring for positive,red wiring for negative,white for grounding,yellow wiring,green wiring,blue wiring, gray wiring etc etc..that’s very easy to understand...
But that wasn’t accurate
Green ground
Red 120 Send
Black 120 send
White return back to box
Black is hot, white is neutral and green is ground?
Yes in North America. Red is also hot
where is the positive and negative?
You will have positive and negative wires in a DC circuit. The positive will be red or pretty much any other colour. While the negative will always be black. The most common colours for positive wires I’ve seen is red, yellow, and orange. I hope this helps!!
Thanks
No problem man glad this helped
Help! I found steering wheel for the games But the wire is cut and I don't know where the another wire.. and in the steering wheel there is a white,black,red and green wires can i connect them with blue, green, orange and white wires?
Please answer it's important to me :(
I’m not sure I don’t really know anything about small electronics sorry
Hi i got some speakers and the cable that go in the electric port is broken so i changed it in another one but the speaker have a white and a red wire can i put a black wire with a white wire and red with red i need some answer
Yes that should be fine speakers generally don’t care between polarity. But If it sounds a bit off, just switch the wires. I hope this helps
@@electriciantv5174 thanks but i am afraid to try does it blow up or what happen ? 😂
@@gliderclan nothing will happen as long as your speakers match your supply voltage
@@electriciantv5174 ok thanks
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So if u have a red and black the ya e both hot?
Josue Valadez yes on a 240 volt circuit you will have 2 hot wires one being red and one being black. And if you need a third hot wire for that circuit it will be blue. I hope this help the confusion. Thanks for commenting. Have a great day.
Thanks man!
Josue Valadez your welcome man I’m glad I could help
I red and black. which one is the line 1 live and which one is line 2 Neutral please
I’m sorry I’m not sure I understand the question
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