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replacing outside porch lights

5 years ago

Ok, I turned off the power at the circuit breaker, took off the old porch light and took apart the black, white and ground wires. Reconnected all the black to black, white to white, and ground to ground and secured the ground to the metal plate under the ground screw. Turned the circuit breaker back on, and both lights don't work? What did I miss?

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