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Outside light wiring

19 years ago

I recently had vinyl siding installed and the workers took my outdoor lights off. I painted and was going to reinstall them. but these outlets have two black wires twisted together,Two white wires twisted together,And one red wire coming out of the box.How does all this wire up to my one white wire and one black wire light? Thanks in advance

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DavidR
19 years ago
My guess is that the white wires go to the white on the light, and the red wire to the black on the light. That's just a guess. Try it and see if it works. Wouldn't hurt to test with a voltmeter first, though.
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