Changing light fixture- wires ( red, black and white?)
Just changed light fixture. When I put the power back on the light worked but the switch on the wall will not shut the light off.
In the ceiling there was 3 wires. One black,one white and one red. The fixture that I put up has only black, white and ground. So I attached the black to black, white to white and the ground to the grounding post. The red I just capped off. Now the power is getting to the fixture and it works, but I can not shut the light off by the switch.
I looked at the wall switch and it has a red wire hooked up to the switch on the top and black wires hooked on the bottom of the light switch.
Why is the wall switch not working? Should I have attached the red wire in the ceiling to the black wires? Would that work?
Please help. I have changed lights before but always there has only been black and white wires to attach.
Thanks in advance.
Scott
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I have the same wiring. Did you hook up the red and the black to the black on your light switch and then hook up the white to the white on your light fixture?