[tallguy]

Hi - I'm replacing the light fixture on our bedroom ceiling.

When I removed the old fixture I found a red wire from the house connected to the black leads on the old fixture, a white wire from the house connected to the white leads on the old fixture, and 2-3 black wires from the house all taped off together.

I connected the wires to the new fixture in the same manner: black from fixture to red house wire, and white from fixture to white house wiring. I attached the new fixture's bare ground wire to the support bar via the green screw.

I was expecting only black and white coming from the house. What does the red wire signify? I vaguely remember seeing a red wire when I updated a three-way switch elsewhere in the house. I also found out that the circuit breaker for our bedroom controls an outlet in the living room!

Thanks!

[ceilingfanrepair]

In this case, red is the switched hot, black is the unswitched hot. The black leads up there are possibly going to outlets, or other circuits in other rooms.