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Help installing light fixtures?
We took down our lights fixtures (chandelier, etc) to paint them. Now that it's time to put them back up, I notice the wiring in the light does not have a black/white wire. It's all the same wire (double wire), but it splits at the end for connections.
I have put two back up, and they work. However, I want to make sure I haven't created a fire hazard, etc.
Thanks!
The lights have worked when I put them back up, but again, I worry that it's a hazard of some type. I didn't feel for a difference in the wires, but one thing I did notice is that one half of the insulated portion has writing on it, and the other doesn't. it seems like just generic info about the total wire, nothing glaringly obvious like, "This is the positive wire." I'll check for a ridge on the wire.
Kim, you gave a very dangerous answer. If you don't know what you are talking about, please don't answer the question. EVERY line-voltage light fixture has polarity. Just because you don't know how to tell them apart doesn't mean they are equivalent.
Jim has the right answer, and just in case it isn't totally clear, the side with the ridges you feel is the neutral, should be connected to the white wire. After the fact you can test it and the screw shell should have continuity to ground. You did a good thing by asking. This one is a shock hazard, not a fire hazard.
If you don't find a ridge, there are other methods of identifying the neutral. Look for any difference in the two wires and post it here for an electrician to tell you which it is (I don't want to just list them all).
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