2 Brown Wires Which is Hot | Light Fixture Wiring

Which of your two brown wires is hot? Light Fixture Wiring with 2 same color wires on light fixture.
Using a Multimeter: • Which wire is hot when...
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[@jacksonp3751]

Textured side or ribbed side is your neutral(white or grey) and your smooth side is your hot (black or red)

[@caoimhecantwell7500]

Being Irish living Switzerland this video just saved me a small fortune. I bought 3 electrical appliances on the internet for my daughter at Christmas and the were wired up for the US market. I trawled the internet and youtube looking for the answer on how to identify the live wire. Your simple video in less than 2 minutes explained everything. This morning I had one happy daughter. Keep em coming!

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[@loveandlight1408]

You saved my life. I just bought a chandelier with brown wire only.....lol thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[@lloydparfait259]

Thank you! You gave my simple question a simple answer. I'm replacing the 3-prong plug on a toaster oven that has 3 wires, but only the ground wire has a green covering over it. There are no coverings on the other two wires. So, which is black and which white? Your explanation cut to the quick. The white has raised groves along its side and the black is smooth. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

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[@heidinewman9335]

This was incredibly helpful. I needed to replace a plug on an old lamp, but the power cord had no color codes. I was able to determine which were the black and white by the ribbing (which I had never heard of before) Thanks so much for saving my project!!

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[@rockfangd]

Thank You. I tend to forget this. It throws me off because I would figure the different one would be the hot one, but if I am not sure I just grab the multimeter.

[@Brian00071]

Thank you your video was very helpful for me to find the negative wire and the live hotwire.

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[@Thatgirl1973]

THANK YOU! This is all I needed to know! ❤

[@hellofromdot5998]

Thank you so much for this info, my wire are clear therefore a little hard to see the ribbing, but I will definitely try feeling it.

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Thank you… that was easy and quick… however, these companies need Not make wiring the same color… What if no one had this video on KZbin… I would have had to send this product back…I rely on KZbin videos for all my handwork simple work at home… Again… Thank you 😊

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[@loftbrad]

Great one. I have black and red going to my battery bank in my Van. (not white). Red is hot (positive) , black is negative/ground. I think what you're saying is Black is positive, white is negative?

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[@audiovisualwindsor3613]

Have no clue about electrical, I have very small led beam lights, red and blue wiring.. can I connect that to a lamp wiring plug in following these steps lol thanks

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[@WesterlyPrune99]

How do you figure out which wire is positive or negative on the antique fabric wrapped wires? I’m trying to rewire the main wire to an antique 3 light bulb light fixture and the old positive and negative wires are exactly the same but 3 are dark brown and 3 are light brown so I don’t know what colour is positive or negative. I wired it up and it works but I don’t know if I did it right, if it works is it done correctly? I don’t wanna burn my house down lol 😆

[@BlaineSword]

Thanks for the video. I have the wires just as you have said in the video from my new light. In the box I have a red, black and white. How would I connect these in the box?

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[@NancyGlensor]

I have a round wire and a white wire and a black wire inside. Which one is the hot wire.

[@recognizegame215]

Ribs are Bones... Bones are White... This is how I remember which wires are supposed to be connected.

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[@tonypatriot8585]

My white and my black wires are both reading hot or live or positive whatever you want to call it.

[@rztek]

Excellent.

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[@jacqjacq5920]

Hello sir. All my wires are black. The written installation instructions are devoid of actual directions. Do the Live wires connect with the Null wires? Or is it Live with Live and Null with Null? Kinda frustrated figuring this out...

[@phillipv26]

Can you specify which is positive or negative. I’m connecting two of the same color (black) to red and black. You only mentioned white. Is the ribbed hot?

[@basicworks1]

Hi Phillip, The Ribbed one is White,Common,Negative.....In a Black / White set up..the black is hot, the white is Common or Negative.

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[@twicemichaengsson2322]

What if they are the same in the soft side? What should i do? I left the electric fan cord laying on the ground when my dog torn it apart what should i do?

[@hindismith7736]

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[@tonypatriot8585]

What happens if I wire them backwards

[@lliaolsen728]

We only have 2 red wires. Looks like they are in fiber or fiberglass insulation or something.

[@lazybuccaneer7683]

So there's black and white, is it black goes to black and white goes white? Or it doesn't matter?

[@basicworks1]

Yes when wiring something like a light black to black & Wht - Wht

[@nobamart6747]

is it normal for fixture not to have the grounding wire with it? how do you hook up if it's only two wires with no grounding on the fixture? where do i connect the ground wire from the J-box?

[@TheHarleyhillbilly]

Hook the ground to the outlet box a new store bought light fixture will have a green grounding screw.

[@kingrichard1516]

Does anyone know how to connect a light to 2 wires one green one black? No red no white

[@sujwoo]

I am wondering what will happen if we put the hot in L and the cold in N 🤔

[@basicworks1]

Yup! Hot is L (Line)....Common is N (Neutral)...

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@@basicworks1 if we revers it is it going to work normally without any dinger ?

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I would not reverse them, may work, but dangerous and could lead to someone getting shocked.

[@sujwoo]

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[@Arunmallan]

My chandelier light fixture also seem reverse for 11 yrs and today when I went to change something noticed and this video helped. I was very mad

[@harryschenkle1118]

Bruh I wanted a black and red wire to recharge stuff iykyk

[@Romans--bo7br]

You Still didn't Identify which is "Hot/Positive" and which is Neutral. Is the "Ribbed" lead the "hot" one, or Not?!?

[@GGinthemorning]

Usually HOT = Black/Red, NEUTRAL= White/Grey

[@Romans--bo7br]

@@GGinthemorning.... Thank You for your reply... I greatly appreciate it! Thank You very much. I'm "good" with all things Mechanical (Not "Electronics"!).... but, Electrical... not so much. Many Thanks, again.

[@desipranksterz7909]

when you say black wire and white wire, which one is hot and neutral

[@basicworks1]

Hi Desi, Black is Hot, White is Neutral. Black is always hot in house wiring, remember Black to Brass.

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[@subaruwrx5701]

He need more light

[@user-ph2eo8lz9b]

Lmao

[@LauraB-jf9sf]

Can't see ribs on clear wires. Not helpful. How about you tell us the wire that has the specs written on it is the hot wire.

[@tonypatriot8585]

This isn’t answering my question

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