I live in a home that was built in the 1960s. The switch for the front porch light started to go out and sizzled when turned on. I replaced another switch in the house that had the same problem. The wiring was pretty conventional and installation went fine.
The front porch one is giving me issues. It is a double switch box. When I opened it up, the left switch - lighted - had a black wire attached. Then a second black wire attached that then ALSO attached to the switch on the right. The other wire going to the switch on the right was red. There are (I think three) white wires in the box also, unattached and just capped. I tried mimicking the exact set up, although it seemed jinky to me. The porch light didn't work. I tried skipping the middle black wire that connected the two switched and just using the one black and the red. No working light. For now all wires that used to connect to switches are individually capped off and a solid plate installed over it until I figure this out. Help please!