Timeline for I have two cables going into a ceiling electrical box; how can I tell which is coming from the panel?
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| Jul 27, 2020 at 12:13 | comment | added | FreeMan | I think your comment here is in response to manassehkatz's answer below - putting it down there would have made more sense. The one that's hot when the wall switch is off is the hot power coming in from the box. Cap (but do not cut) the unneeded wires (don't cut them, you never know when they may be needed again - if you cut them short, they'll be unuseable). | |
| Jul 27, 2020 at 11:29 | comment | added | lcm1947 | Did exactly that so now light has been removed and wires are capped off. When breaker is on both blacks are hot, When breaker is off both blacks are not hot. I can turn one of the wire off by the wall switch but the other is not effected by a switch. Since I only need one set of wires ( black, white and ground ) can I just permanently cap off the second un-needed wires and use the one set that is controlled by the switch and just wire to the light? | |
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| S Jul 27, 2020 at 3:25 | history | suggested | Emily | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Copypaste so the question has a useful title.
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| Jul 27, 2020 at 2:05 | answer | added | manassehkatz-Moving 2 Codidact | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 27, 2020 at 1:59 | history | asked | lcm1947 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |