Expert: Jeff Evans - 8/15/2005

Question
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Hi Jeff -

Thanks for your analysis.  You're right, it's very difficult to do this without seeing what's there.  What I see is a black fabric wire with red paint  - this is a 70 year old house and has old fabric-insulated/painted wires - and a wire that is black fabric with white paint.  These originally connected to the simple two-way switch that controlled the light fixture.  There are other wires and connections stuffed into the metal box, but I didn't touch those.  I assumed that I could work with just the two that originally connected to the two-way.  Maybe not?

Thanks alot.  If this is too difficult to do with email, I understand and will give you great rating regardless.

Eric

Answer
NO, not too difficult.  All you have there is the switch legs, ie power in and power out.  You are going to have to get to the neutral and pigtail it to the receptacle on the silver terminal as I attempted to say yesterday.  Thank you for the rating.  Jeff