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Don,
Thanks for the comments and updating the pictures, I know exactly what to do now. I'm still a bit perplexed why someone stuck a black wire in the back of the toggle switch but I'll get over...

Hi Don,

Yes, the switch handle shows OFF when down, ON when up, and the voltages read just as you indicate for each position.

I took some pictures of the light switch box wiring. It was a...

Thanks for your reply. I did check the potential across the 2 wires, with the light switch OFF it's 0V, with switch ON it's 120V. The ceiling box is plastic and held in with 2 screws, neither of...

The ceiling electrical box in my kids bedroom only has a single red and single black wire, but nothing else (no white wire, no bare copper ground wire, not even a grounding nut). I bought a ceiling...

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